You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
TERESA OF AVILAOut 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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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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God is even kinder than you think.
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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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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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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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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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