The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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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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