Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
TERESA OF AVILANo one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Pain is never permanent.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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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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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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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.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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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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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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Love turns work into rest.
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