The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILAUnion 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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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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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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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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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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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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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Love turns work into rest.
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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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Teach by works more than words.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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