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Nature Quotes by Teresa of Ávila

12 Nature quotes by Teresa of Ávila

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If you’re drawn to the quiet reverence of the natural world, this brief set of twelve thoughts from Teresa of Ávila offers a gentle entry point. Her mystic perspective frames the outdoors as a place of inner stillness, inviting you to pause and listen.

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“there are people whose nature it is to be very much cast down by small things.”

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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.

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To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.

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Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

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“For the devil does not allow a single bad habit to disappear and the very weakness of our mortal nature destroys the…

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I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature…

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“The Lord has no body now on earth but yours, no hands now but yours, no feet now but yours. Yours are…

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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…

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Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ…

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If we do not use great care to mortify our will, there are many things which can deprives us of the holy…

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Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he…

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“For though we know quite well that God is present in all that we do, our nature is such that it makes…

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I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.

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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.

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Truth suffers, but never dies.

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“you will never lack so much of the water of comfort that your thirst will be intolerable;”

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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.

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God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.

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