Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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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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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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