"Our soul can find in the Blessed Sacrament all the joys and consolations it desires."
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Teresa of Avila quotes (page 13 of 15)
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"Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!"
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"However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified."
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"Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it."
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"The true penance comes when God takes away the soul's health and strength for doing penance. Even though I have mentioned elsewhere the great pain this lack causes, the pain is much more intense here. All these things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted."
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"The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it."
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"We may think it humility not to realize that the Lord is bestowing gifts upon us. Let us understand very, very clearly, how this matter stands. God gives us these gifts for no merit of ours. Let us be grateful to His Majesty for them, for, unless we recognize that we are receiving them, we shall not be aroused to love Him. And it is a most certain thing that, if we remember all the time that we are poor, the richer we find ourselves, the greater will be the profit that comes to us and the more genuine our humility."
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"God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works."
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"Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious."
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"God, deliver me from sullen saints."
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"I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words."
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"We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because our faith tells us so, that we possess souls. As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or who dwells within them, or how precious they are, those are things which seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty."
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"Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards."
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"We are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense."
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"Let thy words be few when in the midst of many."
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"Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour."
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"The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply saying the first thing that comes to mind from being learnt by rote by frequent repetition - cannot be called prayer: God grant that no Christian may address Him in this manner."
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"Christ has no body now on earth but yours."
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"To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly."
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"Be gentle and kind with every one, and severe with yourself."
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