It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
TERESA OF AVILAIn 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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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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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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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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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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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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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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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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