Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
TERESA OF AVILANo one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Love turns work into rest.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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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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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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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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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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