However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
TERESA OF AVILAChrist 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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 impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Love turns work into rest.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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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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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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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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