All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
TERESA OF AVILAOne always goes on as one begins.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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After you die, you wear what you are.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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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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Love draws forth love.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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