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> [St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the conviction that we bring with us from early childhood and apply to everyday life and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/st-teresa-of-avila-wrote-all-difficulties-in-prayer-can-be-traced-to/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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> [The modern world lies under a pervasive sense of anguish, of being abandoned, or at least experiencing God as absent. Yet events that seem to turn our lives upside down and inside out are part of God's redemptive plan, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/the-modern-world-lies-under-a-pervasive-sense-of-anguish-of-being/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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## Other authors on Absent

## More by Thomas Keating

> [It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect the nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/it-is-essential-for-world-peace-that-the-world-religions-make-peace/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [In the Christian perspective, the love of God and of all other human beings invites us to share and enjoy not just the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/in-the-christian-perspective-the-love-of-god-and-of-all-other-human/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [Science and technology have been embarrassed by two world wars, many smaller ones, and the spread of weapons that could destroy humanity. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/science-and-technology-have-been-embarrassed-by-two-world-wars-many/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [“As St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) taught, whatever we say about God is more unlike God than saying nothing. If we do say something, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/as-st-thomas-aquinas-1225-1274-taught-whatever-we-say-about-god-is/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [Humility is the forgetfulness of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/humility-is-the-forgetfulness-of-self/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/god-will-bring-people-and-events-into-our-lives-and-whatever-we-may/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/for-human-beings-the-most-daunting-challenge-is-to-become-fully-human/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/the-acceptance-of-all-that-god-has-given-us-and-the-willingness-to/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [The complementary movement towards divine love is growth in humility which is the acceptence of the reality about ourselves, our own weakness and limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/the-complementary-movement-towards-divine-love-is-growth-in-humility/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/st-teresa-of-avila-wrote-all-difficulties-in-prayer-can-be-traced-to/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/i-venture-to-say-that-it-s-not-enough-to-respect-and-tolerate/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/god-s-first-language-is-silence-everything-else-is-a-translation/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [Union with God is really possible. Unity with God I presume, is what is meant by Heaven, but that too is available in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/union-with-god-is-really-possible-unity-with-god-i-presume-is-what-is/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [Every time you have a major breakthrough in self-knowledge, and see the way the divine works within your own psyche, external events, and interior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/every-time-you-have-a-major-breakthrough-in-self-knowledge-and-see/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [“To live in the presence of God on a continuous basis can become a kind of fourth dimension to our three-dimensional world, forming an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/to-live-in-the-presence-of-god-on-a-continuous-basis-can-become-a/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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