God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
TERESA OF AVILALet there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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Teach by works more than words.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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