Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
TERESA OF AVILAPrayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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All times are dangerous times.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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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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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Love turns work into rest.
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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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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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