It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
TERESA OF AVILAWe always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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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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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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Pain is never permanent.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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