It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
TERESA OF AVILATo have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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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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