Saint Teresa of Avila

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us. ↗

— 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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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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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. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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Pain is never permanent. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. ↗

— 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

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