Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
TERESA OF AVILAThe tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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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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.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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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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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