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Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.

Teresa of Avila

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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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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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Out of suffering comes the serious mind out of salvation, the grateful heart out of endurance, fortitude out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
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Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.
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It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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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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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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Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he is speaking, and saying whatever comes into his head and whatever he's learned from saying prayers at other times, in my opinion is not praying. Please, God, may no Christian pray in this way.
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God never changes Patient endurance Attains to all things Who God possesses In nothing is wanting Alone God suffices.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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