From moment to moment one can bear much.
TERESA OF AVILANever do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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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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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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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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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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