The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILAThere is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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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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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Teach by works more than words.
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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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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Pain is never permanent.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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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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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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