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.
TERESA OF AVILAOur 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Love turns work into rest.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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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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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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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Pain is never permanent.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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 life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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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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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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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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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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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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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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