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TERESA OF AVILASouls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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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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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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One always goes on as one begins.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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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.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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