After you die, you wear what you are.
TERESA OF AVILAFrom heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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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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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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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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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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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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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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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