The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
TERESA OF AVILAAll times are dangerous times.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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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.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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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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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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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.
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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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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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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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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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