All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
TERESA OF AVILAThis 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present 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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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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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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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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