We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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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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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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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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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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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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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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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