From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Teach by works more than words.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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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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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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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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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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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