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Patient endurance / Attaineth to all things.

Teresa of Avila

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Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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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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Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns so also the mind of man.
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For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but rather desire them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers: the more wars there are, the better they are pleased, because they hope to emerge from them with the greater riches.
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Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.
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For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
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Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
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Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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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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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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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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Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of Jesus was fixed and embedded in his heart.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience gives strength.'
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