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Pain is never permanent.

Teresa of Avila

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Whenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear.
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To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.
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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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For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
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What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside their arms, even while sleeping or eating, and are always in dread lest the foe should enter the fortress by some breach in the walls. O my Lord and my all! How canst thou wish us to prize such a wretched existence?
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.
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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
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We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer but our souls, dear, I will just say this forthright: they are God Himself, we will never perish until He does.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.
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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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Thank God for the things that I do not own.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.
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