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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.

Teresa of Avila

May God protect me from gloomy saints.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Protection Sadness
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.
TERESA OF AVILA

Death Live Oneself Quick
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
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.
TERESA OF AVILA

Body God Hands Heart Love Myself Prayer Walk Work
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
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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Evil Flow Knowledge Man Serious Trouble Truth World
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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Body Care Desire Need Ourselves
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Body Eyes Heart Open Soul
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
TERESA OF AVILA

Different Love Nature Way Work

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