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Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.

Teresa of Avila

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Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns so also the mind of man.
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Whenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear.
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God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.
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Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting its rough waves joyfully.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!
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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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Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!
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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy but I felt bound by the things of this world.
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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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To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.
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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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