Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee! — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people! — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient. — Teresa of Avila 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
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us. — 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
How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee? — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride. — Teresa of Avila 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 Copy Share Image
“the Lord knows everyone as he really is and gives each his work to do -- according to what He sees to… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“The Lord has no body now on earth but yours, no hands now but yours, no feet now but yours. Yours are… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
As to the aridity you are suffering from, it seems to me our Lord is treating you like someone He considers strong:… — 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 Copy Share Image
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God. — 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… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“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… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
“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
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