From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
TERESA OF AVILAAccustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Love draws forth love.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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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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