Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
TERESA OF AVILAWhat a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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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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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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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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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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