There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
TERESA OF AVILATeach by works more than words.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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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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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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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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