You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
TERESA OF AVILAWhen we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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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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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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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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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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