No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
TERESA OF AVILABlessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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.
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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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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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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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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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