It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
TERESA OF AVILALove draws forth love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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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 friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained 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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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Love draws forth love.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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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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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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