Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
TERESA OF AVILAWe always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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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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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Pain is never permanent.
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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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All times are dangerous times.
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