We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
TERESA OF AVILALove draws forth love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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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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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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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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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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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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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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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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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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God is even kinder than you think.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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