Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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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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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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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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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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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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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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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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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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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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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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