True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
TERESA OF AVILAThe feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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