Quote

There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.

Teresa of Avila

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Teresa of Avila
Sermons
Torture
Slight
Fond

More quotes by Teresa of Avila

Image
Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
Teresa of Avila
Image
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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
This 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 Avila
Image
Teach by works more than words.
Teresa of Avila
Image
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Patience obtains everything.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
Teresa of Avila
Image
We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer but our souls, dear, I will just say this forthright: they are God Himself, we will never perish until He does.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Don't imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
Teresa of Avila
Image
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
Image
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
Teresa of Avila
Image
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
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
Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
Teresa of Avila
Image
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
Teresa of Avila
Image
What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.
Teresa of Avila
Image
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
Teresa of Avila