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TERESA OF AVILAMental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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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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 life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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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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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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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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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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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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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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