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

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
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
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Custom God Himself Life Love Prayer
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
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
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
All times are dangerous times.
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Dangerous One Liner Time
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Act Humility Knowledge Study Value World
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
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
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
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful 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
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
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World

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

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