Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
TERESA OF AVILAMuch more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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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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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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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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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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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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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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Do 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.
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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