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Love turns work into rest.

Teresa of Avila

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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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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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Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.
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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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Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness.
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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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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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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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For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Dream that the more you struggle, the more you prove the love that you bear your God, and the more you will rejoice one day with your Beloved, in a happiness and rapture that can never end.
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Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you never speak of them, and don't ask about them.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me.
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