The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
TERESA OF AVILAThe life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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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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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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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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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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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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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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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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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All times are dangerous times.
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