Teresa of Ávila - Life Quotes

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

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Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult.

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However many years life might last, no one could ever wish for a better friend than God.

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What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.

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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.

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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life.... If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

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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 pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.

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The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.

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