What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people! — Teresa of Avila Business Copy Share Image
Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee! — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer. — Teresa of Avila Blessed Copy Share Image
Be gentle and kind with every one, and severe with yourself. — Teresa of Avila Gentle Copy Share Image
“many people are good at talking and bad at understanding,” — Teresa of Ávila Learning Copy Share Image
His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of… — Teresa of Avila God Copy Share Image
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials. — Teresa of Avila Affliction Copy Share Image
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text only. — Teresa of Avila Apostle paul Copy Share Image
“by committing a mortal sin, instead of seeking to please God, it prefers to gratify the devil, the prince of darkness, and… — Teresa of Ávila Darkness Copy Share Image
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act… — Teresa of Avila Christian inspirational Copy Share Image
There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them. — Teresa of Avila Sermons Copy Share Image
Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient. — Teresa of Avila Christian Copy Share Image
There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears. — Teresa of Avila Abundance 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
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness;… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“Since God has given it such great dignity, permitting it to wander at will through the rooms of the castle, from the… — Teresa of Ávila Dignity 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 Acceptance Copy Share Image
All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear… — Teresa of Avila Christian inspirational 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
Granting that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
[Last words:] My Lord, it is time to move on. Well then, may your will be done. O my Lord and my… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he… — 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
“For though we know quite well that God is present in all that we do, our nature is such that it makes… — Teresa of Ávila Catholic Copy Share Image
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us. — Teresa of Avila God Copy Share Image
It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler. — Teresa of Avila Adversity Copy Share Image
To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly. — Teresa of Avila Acceptance Copy Share Image
I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“there are people whose nature it is to be very much cast down by small things.” — Teresa of Ávila Nature Copy Share Image
Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour. — Teresa of Avila Catholic Copy Share Image