To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
TERESA OF AVILAIn a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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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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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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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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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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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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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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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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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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