Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
TERESA OF AVILAIf we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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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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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Pain is never permanent.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Our 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.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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