May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
TERESA OF AVILAOne always goes on as one begins.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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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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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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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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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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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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