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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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To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.
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In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.
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Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose a thousand lives and be persecuted by the whole world, than commit one mortal sin, and until you are most careful not to commit venial sins.
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What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside their arms, even while sleeping or eating, and are always in dread lest the foe should enter the fortress by some breach in the walls. O my Lord and my all! How canst thou wish us to prize such a wretched existence?
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Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!
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Thank God for the things that I do not own.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.
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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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