All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
TERESA OF AVILATeach by works more than words.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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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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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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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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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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All times are dangerous times.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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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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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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Love draws forth love.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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