If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
TERESA OF AVILAI 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Love turns work into rest.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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