It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
TERESA OF AVILAIf this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Pain is never permanent.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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All 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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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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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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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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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.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Teach by works more than words.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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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.
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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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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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