To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
TERESA OF AVILAAnyone who truly loves God travels securely.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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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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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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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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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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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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