Religion Quotes by Teresa of Ávila

17 Religion quotes by Teresa of Ávila

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Teresa of Avila’s mystic tradition shines through her seventeen quotations, each echoing a deep, prayerful intimacy with the divine. Her words invite readers into a contemplative space where silence and reverence meet.

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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.

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“For, as I have already said, it is the ecclesiastical and not the secular arm which must defend us.”

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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.

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However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of…

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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.

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Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.

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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.

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“Give me, if you will, prayers; Or let me know dryness, An abudance of devotion, Or if not, then barrenness. In you…

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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which…

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It should be observed that perfect love of God consists not in those delights, tears and sentiments of devotion that we generally…

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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His…

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The more we see that any action springs not from the motive of obedience, the more evident is it that it is…

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How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I…

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Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity…

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Let us look at our own faults, and not other people's. We ought not to insist on everyone following in our footsteps,…

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I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in…

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“For though we know quite well that God is present in all that we do, our nature is such that it makes…

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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

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