Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
TERESA OF AVILAHappy the heart where love has come to birth.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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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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 the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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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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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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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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