Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
TERESA OF AVILADo 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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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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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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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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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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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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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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