The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
TERESA OF AVILAEach of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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God is even kinder than you think.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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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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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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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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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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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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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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