"Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself."

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Teresa of Avila

#Solitude Quotes #Settling Quotes

“Has one hostage from Lebanon come back with a photograph of his abductors? Has any hostage ever come back with a photograph of his abductors smiling? I mean, this was so incredible!”
“After my mother's death, I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.”
“If faith itself has different dresses worn, What wonder modes in wit should take their turn?”
“We need to step into certain uncertainty. Without faith it is impossible to please God.”
“I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source of that praise.”
“That must be strange, cheating on your wife with a flight attendant. They're in bed and she's says, 'In the event that wife should come home early please notice the location of the nearest emergency exit.'”
“I try to photograph her beauty; with a man I try to show his character. Once I photographed a man with a big nose, and emphasized his nose, and he was very pleased with the picture. That could not happen with a woman. The most intelligent woman will reject a portrait if it doesn't flatter her. Only once in my whole career did it happen that a blonde asked me, 'Please make me look intelligent.' Unfortunately it was impossible.”
“Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.”

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