I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
TERESA OF AVILAIf you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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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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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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