However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is love alone that gives worth to all things.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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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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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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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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One always goes on as one begins.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver 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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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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