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.
TERESA OF AVILAThe saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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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All times are dangerous times.
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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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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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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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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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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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After you die, you wear what you are.
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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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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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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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