God is even kinder than you think.
TERESA OF AVILAPrayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Pain is never permanent.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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All times are dangerous times.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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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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