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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.

Teresa of Avila

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Care Death Remember Soul Yourself
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
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
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
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
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
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy

Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.

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