Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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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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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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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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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Love turns work into rest.
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