We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
TERESA OF AVILAThe life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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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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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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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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Pain is never permanent.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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