The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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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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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Each 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.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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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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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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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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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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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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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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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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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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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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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 not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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