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Saint Teresa of Avila Quotes

When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.

Saint Teresa of Avila

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: saint
Nationality: spanish
Birth: March 28, 1515 - October 4, 1582

Topics

God Great Moment Day Soul Habit

We did not go to that many movies in a theater in the little town I grew up in.

John Lee Hancock

Go Movies Up Little Did Theater

When I'm an audience member I do not want to go and see something that I already know, I want to see something that I don't know. I want to be surprised and stimulated to think about something. I want the magic. I want to be in a situation of uncertainty; that's what excites me.

Me Uncertainty Think Magic Situation

Back in high school, I went on dates, but I was too focused on my career. My parents were like, 'It's nice to have a boyfriend, but it's even nicer to own your house when you're 21.'

Dating School Parents High School

I was such a lazy teenager: I didn't read or play the piano beyond the bare minimum.

Play Lazy Beyond Piano Read Bare

I knew who Bruce Springsteen was before he had his first record.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

First Who Knew He Before His

After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year.

Robert Benchley

Time Book Year New Dead Difficult

That's my name. I know it's difficult, and it's not pretty, but it's my name.

Mary Steenburgen

Name Know Difficult Pretty

It's hard to imagine my life not writing. I love it.

Life Love Writing My Life Hard

I don't really get starstruck much.

Uncle Never Kid Him Toy Broke

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

Time Trust Earned Come Only Passage

I'm friends with James Cameron. We've spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his heart of hearts a biologist. We run into each other at scientific conferences.

Heart Time Together Friends Run

I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.

People Encourage Who Like

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