Magdalena de Pazzi famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I do not desire to die soon, because in Heaven there is no suffering. I desire to live a long time because I yearn to suffer much for the love of my Spouse.
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Trials are nothing else but the forge that purifies the soul of all its imperfections.
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You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward.
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O Sisters, if we would only comprehend the fact that while the Eucharistic Species remain within us, Jesus is there and working in us inseparably with the Father and the Holy Spirit and therefore the whole Holy Trinity is there.
-- Magdalena de Pazzi
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As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
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Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
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Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower abdomen and his mental focus. He was always concentrated on the inner alignment through breath.
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By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.
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The church is not the way to heaven; the church is the sign that points to heaven.
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posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.
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To work and suffer is to be at home. All else is scenery ...
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When you begin to become conscious, more aware, when your eyes begin to open, the first thing you see is how deluded you are and how much you're holding onto that which makes you suffer. This is, in many ways, the most important step: Are you willing to be aware?
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