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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.

Teresa of Avila

Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
TERESA OF AVILA

See Sight Yourself
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value
It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Deal Greatness Love Thinking Yourself
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
TERESA OF AVILA

God Himself Satisfaction
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILA

Important Love Yourself
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Freedom Ourselves Sin True
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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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
TERESA OF AVILA

Curiosity Talk Yourself
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Afraid Death Live Way
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Body Discover Material Mistake Yourself

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