Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
TERESA OF AVILAPrayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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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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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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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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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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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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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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