The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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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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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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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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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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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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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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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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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