We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
TERESA OF AVILALet 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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All times are dangerous times.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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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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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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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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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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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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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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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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