If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
TERESA OF AVILAOh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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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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