The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAWhat peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Remember 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.
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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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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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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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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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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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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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