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 AVILAAbout the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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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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Love turns work into rest.
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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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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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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