It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
TERESA OF AVILALife is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Teach by works more than words.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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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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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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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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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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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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