If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
TERESA OF AVILALove turns work into rest.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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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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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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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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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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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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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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