True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAThe important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Pain is never permanent.
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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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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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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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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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All times are dangerous times.
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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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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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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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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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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