Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
TERESA OF AVILAThe life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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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.
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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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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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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Love draws forth love.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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