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.
TERESA OF AVILABut the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Teach by works more than words.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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I 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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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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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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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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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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