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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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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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.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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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.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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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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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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