Saint Teresa of Avila Quotes
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.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
Octavio Paz
We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.
Irving Layton
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
Saint Augustine
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
Immanuel Kant
The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.
Jack Dee
Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space.
Orson Pratt
A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.
Walter Martin
I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
Tecumseh
I believe the universe has great plans for us. When you are young, you don't learn that.
Iman
God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
Ralph Steadman
The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with the oozings away of incentive and kindliness in our natural social structure.
Haniel Long
Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of, altogether as a whole, not just from MTV. Like, if ABC has another reality show, I'm like, 'Oh God, another reality show.' But people love them. 'The Hills', 'Laguna Beach'... those do extremely well. It's just a personal preference.
Damien Fahey
In waste God hides the gold, accept what He may send, The great within the small, though we don't comprehend.
Angelus Silesius
Although someone's vote may hurt me by supporting the structures in place that hold people of colour, women, and LGBT+ people down, some people just don't realise that these structures exist. The way someone votes doesn't make them a bad person; it just means that, at the time, this was the best decision they thought they could make.
Karamo Brown
I used to take that God's-eye view as a comfort when I was a child. I'd think, "Well, we couldn't find the world meaningful at all if it weren't for death." Of course, that is the smuggest and most intolerable of all perspectives because I'm not suffering from the death or the pain.
Zadie Smith
Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
J. Donald Walters
Imagine a temple inside your mind, a haven from the chaos of the world. Visit often.
Marianne Williamson
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.
Saint Teresa of Avila