To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
TERESA OF AVILAFrom moment to moment one can bear much.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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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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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Love turns work into rest.
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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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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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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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