The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAAny real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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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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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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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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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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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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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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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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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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