Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
TERESA OF AVILAChrist moves along the pots and pans.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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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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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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