Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
TERESA OF AVILALove draws forth love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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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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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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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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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Love turns work into rest.
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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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