What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
TERESA OF AVILAGod prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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All times are dangerous times.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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