Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
TERESA OF AVILAI 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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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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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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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Love turns work into rest.
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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