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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.

Teresa of Avila

Christ moves along the pots and pans.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Move
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
TERESA OF AVILA

Alone Love Worth
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.
TERESA OF AVILA

Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
TERESA OF AVILA

Care Death Remember Soul Yourself
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
TERESA OF AVILA

Greatness Love Perfection Practice
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Crystal God Grace Life Man Rise River State Tree Water
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
TERESA OF AVILA

Death Live Oneself Quick
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
TERESA OF AVILA

Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
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.
TERESA OF AVILA

Best Blessing God Himself Life Teaching
Love turns work into rest.
TERESA OF AVILA

Love One Liner Work
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
All times are dangerous times.
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Dangerous One Liner Time
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
TERESA OF AVILA

Humility Lost Work

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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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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