If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
TERESA OF AVILAChrist does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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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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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Teach by works more than words.
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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.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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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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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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