The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILADesire 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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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 do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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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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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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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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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Pain is never permanent.
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