Teach by works more than words.
TERESA OF AVILAOur 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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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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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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