Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
TERESA OF AVILAWhat a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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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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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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All times are dangerous times.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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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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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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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Love draws forth love.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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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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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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