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“Vivo sin vivir en mí... muero porque no muero. (I live without really being alive... I die because I am not dying.)”

Life Philosophy Death

Author:Santa Teresa de Jesús

“I cannot think why we should be astonished at all the evils which exist in the Church, when those who ought to be models on which all may pattern their virtues are annulling the work wrought in the religious Orders by the spirit of the saints of old.”

Evil Church Chapter Vii

Book:The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

Source: The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

“Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices.”

God Spirituality Catholicism

Author:Santa Teresa de Jesús

“I used unexpectedly to experience a consciousness of the presence of God, or such a kind that I could not possibly doubt that He was within me or that I was wholly engulfed in Him. This was in no sense a vision: I believe it is called mystical theology. The soul is suspended in such a way that it seems to be completely outside itself. The will loves; the memory, I think, is almost lost; while the understanding, I believe, thought it is not lost, does not reason—I mean that it does not work, but is amazed at the extent of all it can understand; for God wills it to realize that it understands nothing of what His Majesty represents to it.”

Prayer Mysticism Mystical Theology Chapter Xxiii

Book:The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

Source: The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

“If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so many enemies.”

Friendship Horse

Author:Santa Teresa de Jesús