If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
TERESA OF AVILAAccustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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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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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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