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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila

Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
TERESA OF AVILA

Curiosity Talk Yourself
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
TERESA OF AVILA

Himself Talk Thinking Voice
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
TERESA OF AVILA

Courage Life Lying
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

Earth Heaven Hotel Light Night Serious Suffering Worst
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Empty Hands Ourselves Reward
Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
TERESA OF AVILA

Different Oneself Place Unity Window
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
TERESA OF AVILA

Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
TERESA OF AVILA

Evil Flow Knowledge Man Serious Trouble Truth World
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Settle Solitude Yourself
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
TERESA OF AVILA

Afraid Death Live Way
There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
TERESA OF AVILA

Greatness Myself Poverty Sorry True
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
TERESA OF AVILA

Best Blessing God Himself Life Teaching
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Himself Satisfaction
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Greatness Hard Time Struggle Walk
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
TERESA OF AVILA

Feeling God Journey

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

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