Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
TERESA OF AVILAHappy the heart where love has come to birth.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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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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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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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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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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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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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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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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