Teresa of Avila Quotes - Page 7

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• Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.

  Teresa of Avila

  Sin, Habit, Bad Habits

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• One always goes on as one begins.

  Teresa of Avila

  Goes On

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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• Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.

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  Eye, Thinking, Giving

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• Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn't agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more.

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  Pain, Humility, Soul

  Teresa of Avila (2011). “The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2”, p.89, ICS Publications

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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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  Heart, Giving, Wish

  St. Teresa of Avila (1921). “The Interior Castle, or the Mansions”, p.30, Library of Alexandria

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• The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.

  Teresa of Avila

  God, Best Things

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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• It is not so essential to think much as to love much.

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  Love, Faith, Christian

  St. Teresa of Avila (2014). “The Interior Castle (Annotated Edition)”, p.12, Jazzybee Verlag

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• To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.

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  Angel, Perfection, Earth

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations”

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• Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.

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  Prayer, Mean, Opinion

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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.

  Teresa of Avila

  Light, Two, Different

  Teresa of Avila (2013). “The Interior Castle”, p.250, Lulu.com

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• From moment to moment one can bear much.

  Teresa of Avila

  Bears, Moments

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• I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.

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  Perfect, Desire, Beloved

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• Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss.

  Teresa of Avila

  Loss, Upset, Saint

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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• Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Joy, Soul

  St. Teresa of Avila (2014). “The Way of Perfection”, p.257, Courier Corporation

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• True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.

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  Love, Sacrifice, Soul

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• Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

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  Inspirational, Humility, Catholic

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “Book of the foundations. Minor prose works. Poems. Documents. Indices”

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• It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.

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  Law, Saint, Folly

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• What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.

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  Life, Doe, Miserable

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations”

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• The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.

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  Love, Inspiring, Marriage

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.233, A&C Black

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• Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.

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  Never Change, Dismay, Passing

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• May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

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  Hands, Saint, Deeds

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• Dream that the more you struggle, the more you prove the love that you bear your God, and the more you will rejoice one day with your Beloved, in a happiness and rapture that can never end.

  Teresa of Avila

  Dream, Struggle, One Day

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• Let thy words be few when in the midst of many.

  Teresa of Avila

  Midst

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• Nothing is small if God accepts it.

  Teresa of Avila

  Accepting, Ifs

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• How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!

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  Wisdom, Men, Poor

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