Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
TERESA OF AVILAAlways 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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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.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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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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