True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
TERESA OF AVILANever affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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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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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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