Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
TERESA OF AVILALove draws forth love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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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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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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 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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