The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAWhoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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