But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
TERESA OF AVILASouls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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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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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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All times are dangerous times.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Love draws forth love.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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