The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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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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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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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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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Pain is never permanent.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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