The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
TERESA OF AVILAAlways think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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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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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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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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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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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Let 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.
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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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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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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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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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