Teach by works more than words.
TERESA OF AVILARemember 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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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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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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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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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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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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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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