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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.

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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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The true penance comes when God takes away the soul's health and strength for doing penance. Even though I have mentioned elsewhere the great pain this lack causes, the pain is much more intense here. All these things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose a thousand lives and be persecuted by the whole world, than commit one mortal sin, and until you are most careful not to commit venial sins.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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You ought to make every effort to free yourselves even from venial sin, and to do what is most perfect.
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Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.
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