Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
TERESA OF AVILA
TERESA OF AVILA
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila 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 AvilaTeresa of Avila To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila 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 AvilaTeresa of Avila From moment to moment one can bear much.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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