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.
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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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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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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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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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 is even kinder than you think.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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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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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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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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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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