Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
TERESA OF AVILAIt constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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One always goes on as one begins.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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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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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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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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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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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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