Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
TERESA OF AVILAIt 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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All times are dangerous times.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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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.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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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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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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