Teresa Of Avila Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Teresa Of Avila
Teresa Of Avila Famous Quotes & Sayings
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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbor, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes ...
His Majesty [the Lord] ... rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
Let us not fail him; do not fear that he will fail you. And if some time he should fail you, it will be for a greater good. The
Let the truth be in your hearts, as it will be if you practise meditation, and you will see clearly what love we are bound to have for our neighbors.
I would write a thousand foolish things that one might be to the point, if only it might make us praise God more.
It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.
Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards.
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.
In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love.
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end ... and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
The happy result of detachment is inner freedom, freedom from worry about bodily comfort, honor, and wealth. Considering
I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us.
In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.
Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.
For the devil does not allow a single bad habit to disappear and the very weakness of our mortal nature destroys the virtues in us.
I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature - I could be suborned with a sardine ...
God never changes; Patient endurance Attains to all things; Who God possesses In nothing is wanting; Alone God suffices.
[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me ...
Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity.