Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
TERESA OF AVILAThose who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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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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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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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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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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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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