Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
TERESA OF AVILAPrayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Pain is never permanent.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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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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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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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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