From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
TERESA OF AVILAFrom heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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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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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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