Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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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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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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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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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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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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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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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Teach by works more than words.
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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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