From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
TERESA OF AVILABe gentle to all and stern with yourself.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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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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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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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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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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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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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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