This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
TERESA OF AVILAIf you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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All times are dangerous times.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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