Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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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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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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