Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
TERESA OF AVILAThe closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Pain is never permanent.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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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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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Don’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.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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