It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
TERESA OF AVILALet us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Pain is never permanent.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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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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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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