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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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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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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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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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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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God never changes Patient endurance Attains to all things Who God possesses In nothing is wanting Alone God suffices.
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy but I felt bound by the things of this world.
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Hope, O my soul, hope. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience turns a very short time into a long one.
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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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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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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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It should be observed that perfect love of God consists not in those delights, tears and sentiments of devotion that we generally seek, but in a strong determination and keen desire to please God in all things, and to promote His glory.
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Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.
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Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.
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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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What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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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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