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St. Teresa of Avila Quotes
«We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can / namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.»
«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.»
«How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?»
Author: St. Teresa of Avila
(Mystic, Nun, Writer)
| Keywords:
cowards, Lord's table, opposes, opposing, Thee
«Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; and so it is with man's mind.»
«Do not dismayed daughters, at the number of things which 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.»
Author: St. Teresa of Avila
(Mystic, Nun, Writer)
| Keywords:
comparison, comparisons, cost, daughters, dismay, dismayed, dismaying, prizes, royal, royal road, setting, The Daughter of Time, treasures
«If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.»
«Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with Him continually, and you will not sin, will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.»
Author: St. Teresa of Avila
(Mystic, Nun, Writer)
| Keywords:
continually, prosperously, spouse, work out
