Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
TERESA OF AVILAOur body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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God is even kinder than you think.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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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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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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