Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
TERESA OF AVILAConsider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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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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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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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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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Love draws forth love.
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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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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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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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All times are dangerous times.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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