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.
TERESA OF AVILAHow poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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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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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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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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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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