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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.

Teresa of Avila

Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
TERESA OF AVILA

Hard Kind Yourself
Teach by works more than words.
TERESA OF AVILA

Teaching Word Work
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
TERESA OF AVILA

Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
TERESA OF AVILA

Custom God Himself Life Love Prayer
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
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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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul
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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Body Discover Material Mistake Yourself
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
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Afraid Death Live Way
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Settle Solitude Yourself
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
TERESA OF AVILA

See Sight Yourself
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
TERESA OF AVILA

Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True

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