More from Teresa of Avila
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila This 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 AvilaTeresa of Avila But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila After you die, you wear what you are.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila All 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 AvilaTeresa of Avila One always goes on as one begins.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila
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