Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Love draws forth love.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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All times are dangerous times.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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