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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

Teresa of Avila

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Hope, O my soul, hope. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience turns a very short time into a long one.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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The words are very distinctly formed but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer... There is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen...
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His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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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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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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