Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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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One always goes on as one begins.
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All times are dangerous times.
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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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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 closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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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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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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