May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
TERESA OF AVILAAll things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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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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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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