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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.

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The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
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Patient endurance / Attaineth to all things.
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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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Thank God for the things that I do not own.
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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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What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
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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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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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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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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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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.
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