God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
TERESA OF AVILAChrist has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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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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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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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.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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