May God protect me from gloomy saints.
TERESA OF AVILABe kind to all and severe to thyself.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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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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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Love turns work into rest.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Pain is never permanent.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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