Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
TERESA OF AVILAWe shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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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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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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