Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“souls without prayer are like people whose bodies or limbs are paralysed: they possess feet and hands but they cannot control them.” — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
With all this wide and beautiful creation before me, the restless soul longs to enjoy its liberty and rest beyond its bound. — 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
It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“It is a great advantage for us to be able to consult someone who knows us, so that we may learn to… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
“The soul is like a crystal in the sunshine over which a thick black cloth has been thrown so that however brightly… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
As God's beloved, I live in the bliss knowing that my soul is never separated from Him, for I learn to know… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer;… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don't remember that we are creatures made in 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
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
We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment… — 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
The soul of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight. What do you… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or Who dwells within them, or how precious they are --… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Our soul can find in the Blessed Sacrament all the joys and consolations it desires. — 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
