No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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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 of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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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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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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