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

Teresa of Avila

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Freedom Ourselves Sin True
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
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
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Curiosity Talk Yourself
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Failure God Myself Prayer Responsibility
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Empty Hands Ourselves Reward
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Important Love Yourself
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
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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Himself Talk Thinking Voice
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
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
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
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Difficult Endurance God Ourselves Suffering
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
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Change God Patience Strive

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