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Teresa Of Avila Inspirational Quotes (164)

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I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.
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I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience gives strength.'
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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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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.
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Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
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I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.
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Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns so also the mind of man.
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Life is to life in such a way that we are not afraid to die.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.
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How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.
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For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but rather desire them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers: the more wars there are, the better they are pleased, because they hope to emerge from them with the greater riches.
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There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.
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Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity with their vocation--but their progress will of necessity be but the pace of a hen.
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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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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
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If we do not use great care to mortify our will, there are many things which can deprives us of the holy freedom of spirit that we are seeking in order to fly more freely to our Creator, without always being bogged down with the clay of this earth. Moreover, there can never be solid virtue in a soul that is attached to its own will.
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However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.
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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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