Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
TERESA OF AVILAOur body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God 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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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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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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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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