We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
TERESA OF AVILAThe important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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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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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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All times are dangerous times.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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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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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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