However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
TERESA OF AVILAHumility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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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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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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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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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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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Love draws forth love.
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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