Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
TERESA OF AVILAHow friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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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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One always goes on as one begins.
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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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Pain is never permanent.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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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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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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