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The works of the Holy Spirit in our souls is essentially
a work of simplification. (Letters76)

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The majority of our actions lose their fruit because of
the complication of elements that are involved in

performing them. (Letters 76)
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The works of the saints, which the centuries have
respected, were always distinguished by the trait of
simplicity, and this is nothing more than an
unshakeable faith in Providence, a faith that stands alone and shorn
of all human preoccupations. (Letters 76)

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The problem of money has already kept us down too
close to earth, and it is time to say sursum corda lift up

your hearts. (Letters 158)
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Let us go forward one day at a time as God wills it, and
thanks be to God for all that He disposes. (Writings 286)

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What’s going to happen next?... Well, leave that to
Providence. With all our worrying about what’s going
to happen next, we do violence to the laws of
Providence that govern events; and besides, that’s not even a
good pastime. (Letters 53)

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We know by faith that everything is providential here
below; and this faith is the victory that overcomes the

world. (Letters 64)
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To suffer or to die! After having found out how beautiful
it was to suffer with Jesus, St. Teresa discovered that
dying was infinitely more beautiful because it is the seal of eternal
union with the Heavenly Spouse. (Letters 232)