Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all. — Teresa of Avila Authenticity Copy Share Image
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction. — Teresa of Avila Ecstasy Copy Share Image
How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee? — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite. — Teresa of Avila Character Copy Share Image
Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“For, as I have already said, it is the ecclesiastical and not the secular arm which must defend us.” — Teresa of Ávila Religion Copy Share Image
“Let the truth be in your hearts, as it will be if you practise meditation, and you will see clearly what love… — Teresa of Ávila Love 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
“we shall advance more by contemplating the Divinity than by keeping our eyes fixed on ourselves,” — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
“It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves,… — Teresa of Ávila Shame Copy Share Image
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost. — Teresa of Avila Bees Copy Share Image
God never changes; Patient endurance Attains to all things; Who God possesses In nothing is wanting; Alone God suffices. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words,… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Ah, how true it is that we love ourselves too much and proceed with too much human prudence, that we may not… — Teresa of Avila Atoms Copy Share Image
“It is a good proof and test of our love if we can bear with such faults and not be shocked by… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
The more we see that any action springs not from the motive of obedience, the more evident is it that it is… — Teresa of Avila Action Copy Share Image
“At first it may cause a good deal of trouble, for the body insists on its rights, not understanding that if it… — Teresa of Ávila Failure Copy Share Image
Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such… — Teresa of Avila Comparison Copy Share Image
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us. — Teresa of Avila Communication Copy Share Image
Who God possesseth In nothing is wanting; Alone God sufficeth. — Teresa of Avila Contentment Copy Share Image
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance. — Teresa of Avila Health 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
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few! — Teresa of Avila Catholic Copy Share Image
I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you. — Teresa of Avila Beloved Copy Share Image
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them. — Teresa of Avila Facts Copy Share Image
To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous. — Teresa of Avila Angel Copy Share Image
