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.
TERESA OF AVILAGod deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Pain is never permanent.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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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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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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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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Love turns work into rest.
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