Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
TERESA OF AVILAPrayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Teach by works more than words.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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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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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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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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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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