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All times are dangerous times.

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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
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I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience gives strength.'
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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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It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day.
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Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!
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Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.
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