If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
TERESA OF AVILAAll the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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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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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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