Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
TERESA OF AVILABut the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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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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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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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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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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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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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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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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