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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.

Teresa of Avila

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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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The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it.
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Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns so also the mind of man.
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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