Tag: Saint Teresa of Avila
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave – caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply saying the first thing that comes to mind from being learnt by rote by frequent repetition – cannot be called prayer: God grant that no Christian may address Him in this manner.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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When the soul, through its own fault… becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery and filth.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
Saint Teresa of Avila