Quotemeal: May. 30th, 2023

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."
— Teresa of Avila

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"We have peace with God by the righteousness of Christ, and peace of conscience by the fruits of righteousness in ourselves."
— Thomas Manton —
"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."
— Brother Lawrence —
"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"
— Horace —
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
— Cicero —

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Illustration of Teresa of Avila — "God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."

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