Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
TERESA OF AVILAThe important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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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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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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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Love turns work into rest.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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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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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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