It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
TERESA OF AVILAHappy the heart where love has come to birth.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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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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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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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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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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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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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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