From moment to moment one can bear much.
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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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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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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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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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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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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