Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
TERESA OF AVILATo have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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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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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God 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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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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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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