If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
TERESA OF AVILAIf you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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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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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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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.
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Love turns work into rest.
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