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

Teresa of Avila

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Change Hold People Quick Serious
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Custom God Himself Life Love Prayer
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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Pay Precious Price Trouble True Understand Value Work
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Action Disturb Ignorance Lose Motivational Ourselves Peace Soul Wrong
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach

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

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