Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
TERESA OF AVILAAbout the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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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.
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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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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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