There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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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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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.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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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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