What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
TERESA OF AVILAAny real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Teach by works more than words.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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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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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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