He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
TERESA OF AVILAThere is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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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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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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