Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
TERESA OF AVILATrue love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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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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God is even kinder than you think.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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Love turns work into rest.
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Pain is never permanent.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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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.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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