When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
TERESA OF AVILAThe tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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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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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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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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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Pain is never permanent.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Love turns work into rest.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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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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