Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
TERESA OF AVILAThere seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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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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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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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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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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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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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Pain is never permanent.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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