Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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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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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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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 seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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