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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!

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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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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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We are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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If we do not use great care to mortify our will, there are many things which can deprives us of the holy freedom of spirit that we are seeking in order to fly more freely to our Creator, without always being bogged down with the clay of this earth. Moreover, there can never be solid virtue in a soul that is attached to its own will.
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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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For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but rather desire them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers: the more wars there are, the better they are pleased, because they hope to emerge from them with the greater riches.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.
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