For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
TERESA OF AVILABut the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Pain is never permanent.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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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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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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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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