Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
TERESA OF AVILAI 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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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.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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