The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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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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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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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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