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HE pleasure  of  dying  without  trouble  is worth   the   trouble   of  living  without pleasure.

Without esteem  and  respect  for  interior  virtues, it  is  impossible  to  lead  a  perfect  life.

(Avila.)

True greatness  and  nobility  spring  only  from the perfect  fulfilment  of  the  will  of  God.

One single  act  of  virtue,  performed  with  fervor, advances  a  soul  more  than  fifty  performed carelessly. '' (St. Teresa.)

It is  unnatural  for  roses  to  be  white;  the pink are  more  beautiful  and  smell  sweeter. It is, however,  the  nature  of  lilies. Let us  be  as we  are,  but  perfect,  each  in  its  kind,  for  the honor of  the  great  Master,  whose  work  we  are. ''(St. F.  de  Sales.)

A straw,  raised  from  the  ground,  in  virtue  of obedience,  is  worth  more  than  martyrdom,  suffered for  self-love. '' (St.  Teresa.)