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Our Lord pointed out to me the end of holiness, explaining that I would achieve it by doing the best I could.

— Teresa of the Andes

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Many consider the life of a Carmelite useless, but the Carmelite resembles the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Only God knows what it cost me to destroy this pride or vanity that took hold of my heart when I was greater.

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I contemplate the Trinity within my soul, like an immense sea of fire and light, into which, because of its too much intensity, I can neither penetrate nor look.

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