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.
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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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends 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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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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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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One always goes on as one begins.
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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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