Quote

Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns so it is with man's mind.

Teresa of Avila

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Teresa of Avila
May
Thistles
Mind
Fertile
Men
Thorns
Idleness
Soil
Bear
Bears
However

More quotes by Teresa of Avila

Image
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
Teresa of Avila
Image
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
Teresa of Avila
Image
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
Teresa of Avila
Image
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.
Teresa of Avila
Image
I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
Teresa of Avila
Image
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 Avila
Image
There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.
Teresa of Avila
Image
What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?
Teresa of Avila
Image
Prayer is an act of love words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
Teresa of Avila
Image
All 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 Avila
Image
Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.
Teresa of Avila
Image
What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
Teresa of Avila
Image
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Patient endurance / Attaineth to all things.
Teresa of Avila