After you die, you wear what you are.
TERESA OF AVILATrue love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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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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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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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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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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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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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Love draws forth love.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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