It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
TERESA OF AVILASuffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Pain is never permanent.
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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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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 you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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