If 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.
TERESA OF AVILATrust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Pain is never permanent.
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Teach by works more than words.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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