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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.

Teresa of Avila

If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
TERESA OF AVILA

Carry Perfection Reason Seek Understand Yourself
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
TERESA OF AVILA

Body God Hands Heart Love Myself Prayer Walk Work
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
TERESA OF AVILA

Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
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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Body Human Impossible Refresh Rich Vision
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Protection Sadness
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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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
TERESA OF AVILA

Feeling God Journey
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Constant Fall God Growth Humble Soul
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
TERESA OF AVILA

Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
TERESA OF AVILA

Change God Patience Strive
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Settle Solitude Yourself

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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