Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
TERESA OF AVILAAnyone who truly loves God travels securely.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Love draws forth love.
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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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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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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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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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