If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
TERESA OF AVILANo one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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God is even kinder than you think.
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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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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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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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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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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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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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