The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
TERESA OF AVILAWe need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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One always goes on as one begins.
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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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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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Teach by works more than words.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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