“I used unexpectedly to experience a consciousness of the presence of God, or such a kind that I could not possibly doubt that He was within me or that I was wholly engulfed in Him. This was in no sense… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“This Beloved of ours is merciful and good. Besides, he so deeply longs for our love that he keeps calling us to come closer.… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“Vivo sin vivir en mí... muero porque no muero. (I live without really being alive... I die because I am not dying.)” — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“The devil frequently fills our thoughts with great schemes, so that instead of putting our hands to what work we can do to serve… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“I used unexpectedly to experience a consciousness of the presence of God, or such a kind that I could not possibly doubt that He… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“He has borne with thousands of foul and abominable sins which you have committed against Him, yet even they have not been enough to… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“O infinite goodness of my God! It is thus that I seem to see both myself and Thee. O Joy of the angels, how… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“For if the will has nothing to employ it and love has no present object with which to busy itself, the soul finds itself… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so many enemies.” — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“I cannot think why we should be astonished at all the evils which exist in the Church, when those who ought to be models… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
“I know a person who, though no poet, composed some verses in a very short time, which were full of feeling and admirably descriptive… — Santa Teresa de Jesús Copy Share Image
