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.
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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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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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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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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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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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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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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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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.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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