True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
TERESA OF AVILASettle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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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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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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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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