I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Don't imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“souls without prayer are like people whose bodies or limbs are paralysed: they possess feet and hands but they cannot control them.” — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
I don't know what heavy penance could have come to mind that frequently I would not have gladly undertaken rather than recollect… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“for mental prayer is nothing else, in my opinion, but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
“Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“Give me, if you will, prayers; Or let me know dryness, An abudance of devotion, Or if not, then barrenness. In you… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
Before prayer, endeavour to realise Whose Presence you are approaching and to Whom you are about to speak, keeping in mind Whom… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Before prayer, endeavor to realize whose Presence you are approaching, and to whom you are about to speak. We can never fully… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
In order to profit from this path [of prayer] and ascend to the dwelling places we desire, the important thing is not… — 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
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
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 Image
We are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use. — 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
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