Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
TERESA OF AVILAMuch 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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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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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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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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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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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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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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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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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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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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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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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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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