Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
TERESA OF AVILARemember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
TERESA OF AVILAPeople in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
TERESA OF AVILAIf you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
TERESA OF AVILANever affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
TERESA OF AVILAHowever softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
TERESA OF AVILAThe feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
TERESA OF AVILALet us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
TERESA OF AVILAThis body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
TERESA OF AVILALet us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
TERESA OF AVILALet nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
TERESA OF AVILAGod is even kinder than you think.
TERESA OF AVILALove draws forth love.
TERESA OF AVILAChrist 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.
TERESA OF AVILADon’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
TERESA OF AVILAChrist does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
TERESA OF AVILAUnion is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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