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There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.

Teresa of Avila

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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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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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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.
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The words are very distinctly formed but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer... There is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen...
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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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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Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns so it is with man's mind.
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Don't imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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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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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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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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