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Virtue Quotes by Teresa of Avila
- God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards.…
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed…
- I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.
- I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round…
- There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.
- 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…
- Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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