All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
TERESA OF AVILASouls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Love turns work into rest.
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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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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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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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One always goes on as one begins.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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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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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Teach by works more than words.
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