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.
TERESA OF AVILALet 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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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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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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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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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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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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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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