We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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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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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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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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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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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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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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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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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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