Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
TERESA OF AVILASouls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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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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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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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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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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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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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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