There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
TERESA OF AVILAAfter you die, you wear what you are.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Teach by works more than words.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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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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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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