What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
TERESA OF AVILAChrist 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Pain is never permanent.
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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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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Consider 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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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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