Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
TERESA OF AVILAAnyone who truly loves God travels securely.
TERESA OF AVILAFor pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
TERESA OF AVILAI thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
TERESA OF AVILAOur souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
TERESA OF AVILAGod prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
TERESA OF AVILAThe important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
TERESA OF AVILAEvery part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
TERESA OF AVILAPrayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
TERESA OF AVILATeach by works more than words.
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 AVILATo want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
TERESA OF AVILAAfter you die, you wear what you are.
TERESA OF AVILAAlways think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
TERESA OF AVILABlessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
TERESA OF AVILAThere are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
TERESA OF AVILAWhat a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
TERESA OF AVILA