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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.

Teresa of Avila

It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
TERESA OF AVILA

Deal Greatness Love Thinking Yourself
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Important Love Yourself
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Empty Hands Ourselves Reward
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
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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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
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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Change Hold People Quick Serious
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
Always 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.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Respect Servant Thinking Yourself
It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Beginning Fear Greatness Important Ourselves Thinking
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
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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Endurance Gratitude Mindset Patience Serious Suffering
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Protection Sadness

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