Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
TERESA OF AVILAHow friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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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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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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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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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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