It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
TERESA OF AVILAHowever softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
TERESA OF AVILAPeople in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
TERESA OF AVILAMental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
TERESA OF AVILAAll the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
TERESA OF AVILATrue love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAIf we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
TERESA OF AVILAAnyone who truly loves God travels securely.
TERESA OF AVILAThe important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILAAfter you die, you wear what you are.
TERESA OF AVILADo you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
TERESA OF AVILAWhen we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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 AVILAIn light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
TERESA OF AVILAThe life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
TERESA OF AVILAIt is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
TERESA OF AVILA