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Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.

Teresa of Avila

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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity with their vocation--but their progress will of necessity be but the pace of a hen.
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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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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
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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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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children.
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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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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.
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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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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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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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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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God aids the valiant...both to you and to me He will give the help needed.
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