I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
TERESA OF AVILAOur 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.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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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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After you die, you wear what you are.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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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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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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