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Only Quotes by Teresa of Avila
- We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
- Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
- 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…
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now…
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are…
- 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…
- Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If…
- Be happy when you are blamed and accused wrongly, for then you have the chance to see all the bitter, hostile or self-pitying responses that…
- We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because our faith tells…
- The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire…
- We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
- Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we…
- I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.
- About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text only.
- Never when in authority rebuke any one in anger, but only when anger has passed away; and so shall the rebuke bring forth good fruit.
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