God aids the valiant...both to you and to me He will give the help needed. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Let us look at our own faults, and not other people's. We ought not to insist on everyone following in our footsteps,… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
His Majesty knows best what is suitable for us. There's no need for us to be advising Him about what He should… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
We may think it humility not to realize that the Lord is bestowing gifts upon us. Let us understand very, very clearly,… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Let him never cease from prayer, who has once begun to pray, even though his life is ever so bad. For prayer… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“Of the good things they do many will pass unnoticed, or will even not be considered good at all; but they need not fear… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share
I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
“you will never lack so much of the water of comfort that your thirst will be intolerable;” — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
“an unrestrained infatuation with ecstasy and other extraordinary phenomena developed. These experiences were thought of as something to be obtained at all costs. Among… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share
“The Lord has no body now on earth but yours, no hands now but yours, no feet now but yours. Yours are the eyes… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share
Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth;… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
His Majesty knows best what is suitable for us. There's no need for us to be advising Him about what He should give us,… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
