The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILAIf you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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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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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Love draws forth love.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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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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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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