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.
TERESA OF AVILALet us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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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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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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 need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Pain is never permanent.
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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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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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