From moment to moment one can bear much.
TERESA OF AVILAPeople in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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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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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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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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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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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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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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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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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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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Teach by works more than words.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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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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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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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