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.
TERESA OF AVILAIf Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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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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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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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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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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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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