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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.

Teresa of Avila

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
TERESA OF AVILA

Thinking Virtue Yourself
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Forgiveness Himself Injury Present
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
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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Death Live Oneself Quick
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
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
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Church Silence Women
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
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
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
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself

All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.

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