Love turns work into rest.
TERESA OF AVILAMay God protect me from gloomy saints.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Pain is never permanent.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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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Love draws forth love.
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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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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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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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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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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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