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Teresa of Avila Quotes about Perfection

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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.

If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.

Teresa of Avila
Practice, Perfection, Saint
Saint Teresa (of Avila), Kieran Kavanaugh, Otilio Rodriguez, Stephen J. Connor (1997). “The Wisdom of Teresa of Avila: Selections from the Interior Castle”, p.68, Paulist Press

If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.

Teresa of Avila
Perfection, Suffering, Reason

To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.

Teresa of Avila
Angel, Perfection, Earth
Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations”

I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature - I could be suborned with a sardine.

Teresa of Avila
Gratitude, Perfection, Sardines
Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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