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.
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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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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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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Love draws forth love.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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