Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
TERESA OF AVILAEach 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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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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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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Pain is never permanent.
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Oh, 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.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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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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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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