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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!

Teresa of Avila

I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Earth Heaven Hotel Light Night Serious Suffering Worst
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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See Sight Yourself
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Company God Goodness Greatness People Place
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Favor Forever Greatness Ourselves Remember Suffering Thinking
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Body Discover Material Mistake Yourself
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Afraid Beginning Failure Human Myself Trust

How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!

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