You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
TERESA OF AVILATrust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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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