Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
TERESA OF AVILAThe closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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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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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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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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God is even kinder than you think.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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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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