But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
TERESA OF AVILALet nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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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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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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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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Teach by works more than words.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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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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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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