God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
TERESA OF AVILATo reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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