Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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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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Pain is never permanent.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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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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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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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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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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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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God is even kinder than you think.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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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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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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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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