What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
TERESA OF AVILARemember 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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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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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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