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.
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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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Pain is never permanent.
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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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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Teach by works more than words.
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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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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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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