Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
TERESA OF AVILAUnion is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Love turns work into rest.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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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.
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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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God is even kinder than you think.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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