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.
TERESA OF AVILALove draws forth love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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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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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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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Pain is never permanent.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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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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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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