If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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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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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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