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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
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
Teresa 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 Avila
I 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 Avila
Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.
Teresa of Avila
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you / All things are passing: / God never changes.
Teresa of Avila
However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.
Teresa of Avila
The important thing is not to think much but to love much do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
Teresa of Avila
Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.
Teresa of Avila
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
Teresa of Avila
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
Teresa of Avila
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
Teresa of Avila
To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.
Teresa of Avila
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
Teresa of Avila
To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all. All who desire You always find You there, and converse with You face to face
Teresa of Avila
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
Teresa of Avila
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
Teresa of Avila
It is not so essential to think much as to love much.
Teresa of Avila
Ah, how true it is that we love ourselves too much and proceed with too much human prudence, that we may not lose an atom of our consideration! Oh, what a great mistake that is! The Saints did not act thus.
Teresa of Avila
For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
Teresa of Avila