How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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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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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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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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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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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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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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