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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.

Teresa of Avila

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You ought to make every effort to free yourselves even from venial sin, and to do what is most perfect.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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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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Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.
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Life is to life in such a way that we are not afraid to die.
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We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer but our souls, dear, I will just say this forthright: they are God Himself, we will never perish until He does.
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The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or her neighbor. These two loves are never separated. Rest assured, the more you progress in love of neighbor the more your love of God will increase.
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How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for us drop by drop? When as man He was preparing for death, He made Himself our food in order to give us life. God becomes food, bread for his creatures. Is this not enough to make us die of love?
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
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Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.
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Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns so also the mind of man.
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
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[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me.
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Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.
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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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God, deliver me from sullen saints.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness His purity shows us our foulness and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
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