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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.

Teresa of Avila

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
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Fact God Lost Risk
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Flower Growth Humility Love Spiritual Talk True
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True
From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Moments Oneself
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
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
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
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
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
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love

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