To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
TERESA OF AVILATruth suffers, but never dies.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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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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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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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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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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