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.
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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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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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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Love draws forth love.
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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 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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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Pain is never permanent.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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