People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
TERESA OF AVILADon’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Love turns work into rest.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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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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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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