If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
TERESA OF AVILAThe saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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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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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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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All times are dangerous times.
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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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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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