It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
TERESA OF AVILAIf we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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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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Pain is never permanent.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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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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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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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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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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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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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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