Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
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Source: The Way of Perfection
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
“God aids the valiant...both to you and to me He will give the help needed.”
“Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them.”
“Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.”
“Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.”
“All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles.”
“Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.”
Source: The Interior Castle
Source: The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: Volume 1
“Do you suppose that God has any need of our works? What God needs is the resoluteness of our will.”
Source: The Interior Castle, or the Mansions
“Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.”
Source: The Interior Castle (Annotated Edition)
“Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.”
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
“Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.”
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
“Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.”
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
“Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.”
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
“It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.”
Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus
“Life is to life in such a way that we are not afraid to die.”
“The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.”
Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus
Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus
“How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee?”
Source: Book called Way of perfection. Interior castle. Conceptions of the love of God. Exclamations of the soul to God
“Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.”
“God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.”
Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus
“Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.”
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
“One always goes on as one begins.”
Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
Source: General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations
“Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!”
Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
Source: General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations