Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
TERESA OF AVILAHappy the heart where love has come to birth.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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God is even kinder than you think.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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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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Pain is never permanent.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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