People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
TERESA OF AVILAIn 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Love turns work into rest.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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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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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Teach by works more than words.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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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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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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