If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
TERESA OF AVILAIf this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
TERESA OF AVILADo not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
TERESA OF AVILAAbout the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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.
TERESA OF AVILAThe closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
TERESA OF AVILAFor pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
TERESA OF AVILAEach of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
TERESA OF AVILAPain is never permanent.
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 AVILAAfter you die, you wear what you are.
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 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 AVILAWhat a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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 AVILAThe tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
TERESA OF AVILAThose who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
TERESA OF AVILA