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 AVILAThere seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
TERESA OF AVILAWhat a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
TERESA OF AVILAGod is even kinder than you think.
TERESA OF AVILAIf you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
TERESA OF AVILAOh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
TERESA OF AVILAPeople in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
TERESA OF AVILATrust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
TERESA OF AVILAThe closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAAbout the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
TERESA OF AVILAOur body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
TERESA OF AVILAWhen we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
TERESA OF AVILAHe who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
TERESA OF AVILAThere is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
TERESA OF AVILABut the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
TERESA OF AVILAConsider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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