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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!

Teresa of Avila

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
TERESA OF AVILA

Thinking Virtue Yourself
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
TERESA OF AVILA

Act Desire Fear God Greatness Leadership Live Lose See Yourself
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Curiosity Talk Yourself
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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Afraid Beginning Failure Human Myself Trust
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Carry Perfection Reason Seek Understand Yourself
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
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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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Friendship God Himself Mental Prayer Secret
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
TERESA OF AVILA

Faith God Inspirational Place Trust Yourself
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Body Eyes Heart Open Soul
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILA

Important Love Yourself

How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!

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