The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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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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