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  1  Intr,   0    |         which has occasioned no little debate among writers on
  2  Intr,   0    |     works, and those few are of little importance. This may be
  3  Intr,   0    |      would have circulated very little and would never have been
  4  Pref,   0    |   attempt might be made to do a little more for the reader who
  5  Pref,   0    |         meant to be read by her little group of nuns at St. Joseph'
  6  Unic,   1    |          I determined to do the little that was in me -- namely,
  7  Unic,   1    |    Since worldly people have so little respect for Thee, what can
  8  Unic,   1    |    treat with God for things of little importance.~
  9  Unic,   2    |        he who hates money cares little for honour. Understand this
 10  Unic,   2    |         These were houses where little comfort could be found.
 11  Unic,   3    |         of God is that, in this little castle of ours, inhabited
 12  Unic,   3    |       and give courage to God's little ones. A fine thing it would
 13  Unic,   3    |        then, that they need but little Divine favour in this great
 14  Unic,   3    |         sake they have left the little they possessed, wishing
 15  Unic,   3(21)|                     Lit., "poor little one."~
 16  Unic,   4    |      love for each other or too little, we never manage to keep
 17  Unic,   4    |        what they are very well: little by little they deprive the
 18  Unic,   4    |        are very well: little by little they deprive the will of
 19  Unic,   4    |     this I should like to say a little now as well as my lack of
 20  Unic,   5    |      soon come to be known in a little place like this.~
 21  Unic,   6    |     others. Certainly they care little about having this affection.
 22  Unic,   6    |         hate all this will care little or nothing for such things.
 23  Unic,   7    |      themselves. For otherwise, little by little, the devil could
 24  Unic,   7    |        For otherwise, little by little, the devil could easily
 25  Unic,   7    | important I think I shall say a little more about it elsewhere,
 26  Unic,   9    |    parents, have helped me very little. Parents are different,
 27  Unic,  10    |      that this will cause us no little labour, while others are
 28  Unic,  10    |   matter of fact, there is very little chance for us to act on
 29  Unic,  10    |         Sometimes there is very little the matter with us, yet
 30  Unic,  11    |         for indulgence, however little necessity for it there may
 31  Unic,  11    |        world! Learn to suffer a little for the love of God without
 32  Unic,  12    |     true lover of God must care little for life and honour.~
 33  Unic,  12    |       We now come to some other little things which are also of
 34  Unic,  12    |      this life seems to us very little. And we nuns are doing everything
 35  Unic,  12    |         own honour. Reflect how little they gain from this; for,
 36  Unic,  12    |         will say that these are little things which have to do
 37  Unic,  13    |       humble nun will mind very little if she is not professed:
 38  Unic,  15    |      and, as you see, I have so little opportunity for writing
 39  Unic,  15    |        confess I have made very little progress. I never seem unable
 40  Unic,  15    |    genuine desire to be thought little of, and persecuted, and
 41  Unic,  15    |     they can be applied to very little things, and thus, as I have
 42  Unic,  15    |         to give much instead of little? True, I do not deserve
 43  Unic,  15    |         eyes are blind and very little pleases them. Do Thou give
 44  Unic,  17    |       but there still remains a little for me to say, which is
 45  Unic,  17    |          Now remember that this little community is Saint Martha'
 46  Unic,  19    |         funny thing that a poor little nun of Saint Joseph's should
 47  Unic,  19    |        be quenched by the least little thing. But this fire will
 48  Unic,  19    |      that we have served Him so little. These are consolations
 49  Unic,  20    |          others small, and also little pools for children, which
 50  Unic,  20    |                      It matters little if you are considered ill-bred
 51  Unic,  21    |      and drink neither much nor little of it, either from a pool
 52  Unic,  23(88)|     Este cuidadito: lit., "this little attentiveness" -- another
 53  Unic,  23    |        assurance, it will be of little help to you, sisters, for
 54  Unic,  23    |        doubt that she will lose little by putting the matter to
 55  Unic,  25    |       you should think there is little gain to be derived from
 56  Unic,  25    |     similar things, such as how little we have served Him and how
 57  Unic,  26    |         ought to be said -- and little by little, persuasively
 58  Unic,  26    |        be said -- and little by little, persuasively and methodically,
 59  Unic,  27    |        this should be prized so little, and that, after we have
 60  Unic,  28    |       Do you suppose it matters little what Heaven is and where
 61  Unic,  28    |         Do you suppose it is of little importance that a soul which
 62  Unic,  28    |         in this way within this little Heaven of the soul, wherein
 63  Unic,  28    |        a ship, and, if he has a little good wind, reaches the end
 64  Unic,  28    |         that fire that, however little the blaze has been fanned
 65  Unic,  28    |       really dwells within this little palace of my soul, I should
 66  Unic,  29    |         Recollection. Says what little account we should make of
 67  Unic,  29    |      and if she is not it is of little consequence. Never give
 68  Unic,  29    |       it, even at the cost of a little trouble, which always results
 69  Unic,  29    |        can be learned without a little trouble, so do, for the
 70  Unic,  30    |         Majesty, knowing of how little we are capable, saw that,
 71  Unic,  30    |         this petition, to say a little about the beginning of pure
 72  Unic,  31    |      and that, if it were but a little closer, it would become
 73  Unic,  31    |       glorious Infant -- a poor little Child, Who, to judge from
 74  Unic,  31    |          like a person giving a little puff to a candle, when he
 75  Unic,  31    |     that the soul should work a little, though so quietly that
 76  Unic,  31    |        said, if you have only a little experience of it you will
 77  Unic,  32    |     Jesus! Since Thou givest so little (little, that is to say,
 78  Unic,  32    |    Since Thou givest so little (little, that is to say, on our
 79  Unic,  32    |       whereas one who loves Him little will suffer little. For
 80  Unic,  32    |    loves Him little will suffer little. For my own part, I believe
 81  Unic,  33    |       disregarding it. Set very little store by what you have given,
 82  Unic,  34    |        be satisfied with just a little and pray only for a little?
 83  Unic,  34    |      little and pray only for a little? No: the more food we are
 84  Unic,  34    |        not wont to offer us too little payment for His lodging
 85  Unic,  35    |        our hands, we should get little warmth from it, although
 86  Unic,  35    |       several hours, and if any little spark flies out, it will
 87  Unic,  36    |       myself do, who has had so little to forgive others and has
 88  Unic,  36    |    truth, and to pay no heed to little things about which they
 89  Unic,  36    |       my God, to understand how little we understand ourselves
 90  Unic,  36    |      proper valuation, they pay little attention to things which
 91  Unic,  38    |     illusions. For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls
 92  Unic,  38    |         to reward us; and this, little by little, does us a great
 93  Unic,  38    |         us; and this, little by little, does us a great deal of
 94  Unic,  38    |       is a genuine one makes so little account of these things
 95  Unic,  40    |       its strength. If there is little of it, it shows itself but
 96  Unic,  40    |         it, it shows itself but little; if there is much, it shows
 97  Unic,  40    |    always shows itself, whether little or much, provided it is
 98  Unic,  40    |     devil -- such souls have no little love; for had they not a
 99  Unic,  40    |       you suppose that it is of little use to the devil to suggest
100  Unic,  40    |        and trials of death? How little rest it will have! How it
101  Unic,  41    |         not to be able to say a little about this worldly love,
102  Unic,  41    |       conscience, we can suffer little or no harm. That is the
103  Unic,  42    |   saying this, to talk to you a little about how you should say