Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
TERESA OF AVILALove turns work into rest.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Christ 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.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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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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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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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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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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