In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
God aids the valiant...both to you and to me He will give the help needed. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Let us look at our own faults, and not other people's. We ought not to insist on everyone following in our footsteps,… — Teresa of Avila 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
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, for He can rightly tell us that we don't know what we're asking for (cf. Mt. 20:22). The whole aim of any person who is beginning prayer ? and don't forget this, because it's very important… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share
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
We may think it humility not to realize that the Lord is bestowing gifts upon us. Let us understand very, very clearly,… — 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 Image
I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you. — 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
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 did not wish to deceive me, but the fact was that they knew no better. Of something which was a venial sin, they said it was no sin, and out of a very grave mortal sin… — 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 Image
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 Image
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“an unrestrained infatuation with ecstasy and other extraordinary phenomena developed. These experiences were thought of as something to be obtained at all costs. Among some noted but deceptive visionaries of the time was the stigmatic, María de Santo Domingo (1486-1524), known as the Beata of Piedrahita. Her monastery became a center of spirituality and high prayer; she herself wrote a… — 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 Image
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 Image
