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.
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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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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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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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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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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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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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Teach by works more than words.
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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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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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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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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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