God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.
Alphonsus Liguori
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself. 
God loves to help him who strives to help himself. 
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves. 
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
From that good God, who chastens whom he loves. 
If a man say, 'I love God,' and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his... 
God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you. 
The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround ... 
God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 
if god himself wills such misery on people whom i love, then i say i will deal with him 
The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himsel... 
Hating yourself is like hating what God loves. God loves you, so love yourself and love what God lov... 
Joy is the net of love by which we can capture souls. God loves the person who gives with joy. Whoev... 
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone one who loves is born of God an... 
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But You never reject a repentant and humble heart. 
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Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and le... 
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Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ... 
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