Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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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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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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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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All times are dangerous times.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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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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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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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.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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