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.
TERESA OF AVILAThis 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.
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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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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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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Love turns work into rest.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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