Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
TERESA OF AVILASouls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
TERESA OF AVILATrue perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
TERESA OF AVILAEvery part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
TERESA OF AVILASettle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
TERESA OF AVILATo reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
TERESA OF AVILALife is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
TERESA OF AVILAChrist moves along the pots and pans.
TERESA OF AVILALet us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
TERESA OF AVILAIn a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
TERESA OF AVILAPrayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
TERESA OF AVILABlessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
TERESA OF AVILADon’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
TERESA OF AVILASouls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
TERESA OF AVILAI am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
TERESA OF AVILAWe always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
TERESA OF AVILAFrom heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
TERESA OF AVILA