From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel. — 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
