Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
TERESA OF AVILADon’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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Love turns work into rest.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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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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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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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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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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God is even kinder than you think.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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