Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
TERESA OF AVILAIt 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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God is even kinder than you think.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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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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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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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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All times are dangerous times.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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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