Love draws forth love.
TERESA OF AVILADo you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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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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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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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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