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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

Teresa of Avila

To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
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
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
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
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Endurance Gratitude Mindset Patience Serious Suffering
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Carry Perfection Reason Seek Understand Yourself
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Evil Flow Knowledge Man Serious Trouble Truth World
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
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
Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Deal Greatness Imagination Prayer Time Yourself
Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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Disturb Enough God Himself Patience
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

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