May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
TERESA OF AVILAUnion is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Pain is never permanent.
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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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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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