[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me. — Teresa of Avila Blessing Copy Share Image
In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence — Teresa of Avila Blessed Copy Share Image
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were… — Teresa of Avila Apostles Copy Share Image
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature… — Teresa of Avila Gratitude Copy Share Image
It should be observed that perfect love of God consists not in those delights, tears and sentiments of devotion that we generally… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“for the devil never slumbers. And the nearer we are to perfection, the more careful we must be, since his temptations are… — Teresa of Ávila Sleep 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
As God's beloved, I live in the bliss knowing that my soul is never separated from Him, for I learn to know… — Teresa of Avila Beloved Copy Share Image
We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ… — 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 Desire Copy Share Image
Do you suppose that God has any need of our works? What God needs is the resoluteness of our will. — Teresa of Avila Funny Copy Share Image
Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity. — Teresa of Avila Humility 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
That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“true perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbor, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect… — Teresa of Avila Commandments Copy Share Image
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it.… — Teresa of Avila Body Copy Share Image
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use. — Teresa of Avila Body 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 Contemplative 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… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“Their heart does not allow them to practise duplicity: if they see their friend straying from the road, or committing any faults,… — Teresa of Ávila Duplicity Copy Share Image
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