If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
TERESA OF AVILANo one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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Teach by works more than words.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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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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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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