It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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Pain is never permanent.
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Teach by works more than words.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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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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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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