Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
TERESA OF AVILAFrom moment to moment one can bear much.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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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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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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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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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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