It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
TERESA OF AVILAThose who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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All times are dangerous times.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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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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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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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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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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