Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
TERESA OF AVILAAll blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear 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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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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All times are dangerous times.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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