Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
TERESA OF AVILAIf we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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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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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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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 you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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All times are dangerous times.
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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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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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