It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
TERESA OF AVILAIt 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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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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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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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.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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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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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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