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Teresa Of Avila quotes: Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee! Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!
Teresa Of Avila quotes: True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbor, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be. True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbor, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes ... True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes ...
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Nothing is small if God accepts it. Nothing is small if God accepts it.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them. Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: His Majesty [the Lord] ... rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God. His Majesty [the Lord] ... rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may. God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us. We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true. Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Let us not fail him; do not fear that he will fail you. And if some time he should fail you, it will be for a greater good. The Let us not fail him; do not fear that he will fail you. And if some time he should fail you, it will be for a greater good. The
Teresa Of Avila quotes: It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways. It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all. Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer. Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor. How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: All the way to heaven is heaven. All the way to heaven is heaven.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: All times are dangerous times. All times are dangerous times.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself. Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Since in the centre of the soul there is a mansion reserved for God Himself ... Since in the centre of the soul there is a mansion reserved for God Himself ...
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn. Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us. From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Do not try to get so much that you achieve nothing. Look Do not try to get so much that you achieve nothing. Look
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Let the truth be in your hearts, as it will be if you practise meditation, and you will see clearly what love we are bound to have for our neighbors. Let the truth be in your hearts, as it will be if you practise meditation, and you will see clearly what love we are bound to have for our neighbors.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks. In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us. However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Thank God for the things that I do not own. Thank God for the things that I do not own.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again! Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Happy the heart where love has come to birth. Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves. It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself. Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves. It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us. Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: I would write a thousand foolish things that one might be to the point, if only it might make us praise God more. I would write a thousand foolish things that one might be to the point, if only it might make us praise God more.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Christ has no body on Earth but ours. Christ has no body on Earth but ours.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly. To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: There is no reason why we should expect everyone else to travel by our own road, and There is no reason why we should expect everyone else to travel by our own road, and
Teresa Of Avila quotes: It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts. It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: We are weakness itself, and unless He guards the city, in vain shall we labor to defend it. We are weakness itself, and unless He guards the city, in vain shall we labor to defend it.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: But to get to know God's friends is a very good way of "having" Him; But to get to know God's friends is a very good way of "having" Him;
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed. Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: We should pray most regularly for those who give us light. We should pray most regularly for those who give us light.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: For, as I have already said, it is the ecclesiastical and not the secular arm which must defend us. For, as I have already said, it is the ecclesiastical and not the secular arm which must defend us.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Love turns work into rest. Love turns work into rest.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind. Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride. Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel. From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards. Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him. Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified. However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Who God possessethIn nothing is wanting;Alone God sufficeth. Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God sufficeth.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence
Teresa Of Avila quotes: The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love. The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: God's will is that no bounds should be set to His works. God's will is that no bounds should be set to His works.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Do you suppose that God has any need of our works? What God needs is the resoluteness of our will. Do you suppose that God has any need of our works? What God needs is the resoluteness of our will.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee? How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee?
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes. Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use. Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them. There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end ... and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal. Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end ... and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: It is not so essential to think much as to love much. It is not so essential to think much as to love much.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: The happy result of detachment is inner freedom, freedom from worry about bodily comfort, honor, and wealth. Considering The happy result of detachment is inner freedom, freedom from worry about bodily comfort, honor, and wealth. Considering
Teresa Of Avila quotes: I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words. I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway. For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him. The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself. No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: God is even kinder than you think. God is even kinder than you think.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: The best thing must be to flee from all to the All. The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds. May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: 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. 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.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks. Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite. Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us. Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you. I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel. In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it. Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him. The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Remember, my sisters, that if we are not good we are much more to blame than others. Remember, my sisters, that if we are not good we are much more to blame than others.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him. You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar. To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: As I see it, we shall never succeed in knowing ourselves unless we seek to know God: let As I see it, we shall never succeed in knowing ourselves unless we seek to know God: let
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Let thy words be few when in the midst of many ... Let thy words be few when in the midst of many ...
Teresa Of Avila quotes: After you die, you wear what you are. After you die, you wear what you are.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: For the devil does not allow a single bad habit to disappear and the very weakness of our mortal nature destroys the virtues in us. For the devil does not allow a single bad habit to disappear and the very weakness of our mortal nature destroys the virtues in us.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
Teresa Of Avila quotes: I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature - I could be suborned with a sardine I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature - I could be suborned with a sardine ...
Teresa Of Avila quotes: He who has God finds he is lacking nothing. He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: God never changes; Patient endurance Attains to all things; Who God possesses In nothing is wanting; Alone God suffices. God never changes; Patient endurance Attains to all things; Who God possesses In nothing is wanting; Alone God suffices.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: [On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me ... [On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me ...
Teresa Of Avila quotes: I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me. I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: One always goes on as one begins ... One always goes on as one begins ...
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity. Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all. Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good worksI mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones. That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works
I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Christ moves along the pots and pans. Christ moves along the pots and pans.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things. Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
Teresa Of Avila quotes: Many people are good at talking and bad at understanding, Many people are good at talking and bad at understanding,

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