The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILAPrayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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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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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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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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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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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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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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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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Much 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.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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