What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change. — Teresa of Avila Doe Copy Share Image
Be happy when you are blamed and accused wrongly, for then you have the chance to see all the bitter, hostile or… — Teresa of Avila Accusation Copy Share Image
We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many… — Teresa of Avila Done Copy Share Image
“May the Lord lay His hand on all that I do so that it may be in accordance with His holy will;… — Teresa of Ávila Desire Copy Share Image
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words,… — Teresa of Avila And love Copy Share Image
I am quite sure that if we could but once approach the Most Holy Sacrament with great faith and love, it would… — Teresa of Avila And love Copy Share Image
[Last words:] My Lord, it is time to move on. Well then, may your will be done. O my Lord and my… — Teresa of Avila Done Copy Share Image
“never seem unable to find a reason for thinking I am being virtuous when I make excuses for myself.” — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction. — Teresa of Avila Ecstasy Copy Share Image
The same know contentment, for beauty is their lover, and beauty is never absent from this world. — Teresa of Avila Absent Copy Share Image
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost. — Teresa of Avila Bees Copy Share Image
Granting that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His… — Teresa of Avila Different 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 Acceptable Copy Share Image
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. — Teresa of Avila All things Copy Share Image
“Their heart does not allow them to practise duplicity: if they see their friend straying from the road, or committing any faults,… — Teresa of Ávila Friendship Copy Share Image
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live.… — Teresa of Avila Christ Copy Share Image
“It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves,… — Teresa of Ávila Shame Copy Share Image
Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to… — Teresa of Avila Contemplative 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 Feels 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 Beauty Copy Share Image