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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.

Teresa of Avila

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As to the aridity you are suffering from, it seems to me our Lord is treating you like someone He considers strong: He wants to test you and see if you love Him as much at times of aridity as when He sends you consolations. I think this is a very great favor for God to show you.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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It is not so essential to think much as to love much.
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It should be observed that perfect love of God consists not in those delights, tears and sentiments of devotion that we generally seek, but in a strong determination and keen desire to please God in all things, and to promote His glory.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but rather desire them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers: the more wars there are, the better they are pleased, because they hope to emerge from them with the greater riches.
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That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.
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There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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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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For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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