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• The more we see that any action springs not from the motive of obedience, the more evident is it that it is a temptation of the enemy; for when God sends an inspiration, the very first effect of it is to infuse a spirit of docility.

  Teresa of Avila

  Spring, Inspiration, Temptation

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• If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.

  Teresa of Avila

  Taken, Ignorance, Catholic

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.200, A&C Black

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• What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside their arms, even while sleeping or eating, and are always in dread lest the foe should enter the fortress by some breach in the walls. O my Lord and my all! How canst thou wish us to prize such a wretched existence?

  Teresa of Avila

  Life, Wall, Sleep

  St. Teresa of Avila (1921). “The Interior Castle, or the Mansions”, p.4, Library of Alexandria

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• It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

  Teresa of Avila

  Love, Daughter, Mother

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.25, A&C Black

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• Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.

  Teresa of Avila

  Men, Justice, Diversity

  Teresa of Avila (2017). “The Way of Perfection”, p.39, Whitaker House

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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.

  Teresa of Avila

  Soul, May, Intellect

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (2009). “Interior Castle: (the Dwelling Places)”, p.11, Lulu.com

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• All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Roots, Soul

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1979). “The Interior Castle”, Paulist Pr

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• In order to profit from this path [of prayer] and ascend to the dwelling places we desire, the important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so, do that which best stirs you to love.

  Teresa of Avila

  Love, Prayer, Thinking

  Teresa of Avila (2011). “The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2”, p.146, ICS Publications

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• Ah, how true it is that we love ourselves too much and proceed with too much human prudence, that we may not lose an atom of our consideration! Oh, what a great mistake that is! The Saints did not act thus.

  Teresa of Avila

  Mistake, Saint, Atoms

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• Do not be dismayed, daughters, at the number of things that you have to consider before setting out on this divine journey, which is the royal road to heaven. By taking this road we gain such precious treasures that it is no wonder if the cost seems to us a high one. The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid has been nothing at all by comparison with the greatness of our prizes.

  Teresa of Avila

  Daughter, Journey, Greatness

  "The Way of Perfection".

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• I don't know what heavy penance could have come to mind that frequently I would not have gladly undertaken rather than recollect myself in the practice of prayer.

  Teresa of Avila

  Prayer, Practice, Penance

  "The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: Volume 1".

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• The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer... There is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen...

  Teresa of Avila

  Listening, Would Be, Ears

  "The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel" by Teresa of Avila, translated by David Lewis, (Ch. XXV. "Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject"), 1904.

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• 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 . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it.

  Teresa of Avila

  Prayer, Mean, Soul

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• Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without giving thanks to St. Joseph for the services he rendered them then.

  Teresa of Avila

  Jesus, Queens, Prayer

  St Teresa of Avila (2008). “The Life of St. Teresa of Avila”, p.33, Cosimo, Inc.

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• God, deliver me from sullen saints.

  Teresa of Avila

  Saint, Sullen

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• I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

  Teresa of Avila

  Power, Possible And Impossible, Catholic

  St. Teresa of Avila (2011). “The Interior Castle: or the Mansions”, p.29, TAN Books

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• 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 that we are seeking in order to fly more freely to our Creator, without always being bogged down with the clay of this earth. Moreover, there can never be solid virtue in a soul that is attached to its own will.

  Teresa of Avila

  Attachment, Order, Soul

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• So dearly does His Majesty love us that He will reward our love for our neighbor by increasing the love which we bear to Himself, and that in a thousand ways.

  Teresa of Avila

  Love, Christian, Doe

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.261, A&C Black

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• Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.

  Teresa of Avila

  Patience, Abundance, Strive

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

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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.

  Teresa of Avila

  Evil, Water, Soul

  St. Teresa of Avila (2012). “Interior Castle”, p.20, Courier Corporation

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• His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.

  Teresa of Avila

  Spring, Temptation, Saint

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

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• Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.

  Teresa of Avila

  Catholic, Soul, Hours

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• 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 us so, that we possess souls. As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or who dwells within them, or how precious they are, those are things which seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty.

  Teresa of Avila

  Beauty, Ideas, Soul

  St. Teresa of Avila (2013). “Interior Castle”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.

  Teresa of Avila

  Crosses, This Life, Ifs

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• I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.

  Teresa of Avila

  Prayer, Saint, Want

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

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