You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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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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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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