To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
TERESA OF AVILAI am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Love turns work into rest.
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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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Love draws forth love.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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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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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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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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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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