How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
TERESA OF AVILAWhoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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Love draws forth love.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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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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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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