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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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I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.
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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
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Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!
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Patient endurance attends to all things.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text only.
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Thank God for the things that I do not own.
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Life is to life in such a way that we are not afraid to die.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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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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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 certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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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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What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.
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Pain is never permanent.
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