From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
TERESA OF AVILASettle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Love draws forth love.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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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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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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