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Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of Jesus was fixed and embedded in his heart.

~Saint Teresa Of Avila

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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?

~Saint Teresa Of Avila

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It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.

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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 from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.

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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.

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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.

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The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply saying the first thing that comes to mind from being learnt by rote by frequent repetition - cannot be called prayer: God grant that no Christian may address Him in this manner.

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What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?

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Biography

Nationality: Spanish

Type: Saint

Born: March 28th, 1515

Died: October 4th, 1582

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