To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
TERESA OF AVILATo want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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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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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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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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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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