Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
TERESA OF AVILANever do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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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 constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Pain is never permanent.
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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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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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