How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
TERESA OF AVILAThe life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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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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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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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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Love turns work into rest.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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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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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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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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