Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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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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After you die, you wear what you are.
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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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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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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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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