The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
TERESA OF AVILAWhoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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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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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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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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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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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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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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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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