Love turns work into rest.
TERESA OF AVILAFrom moment to moment one can bear much.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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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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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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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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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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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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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of 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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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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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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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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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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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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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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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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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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