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Famous Teresa of Avila Quotes
“Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.”
Source: The Interior Castle (Annotated Edition)
“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.”
“For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.”
Source: Life of Prayer
Source: The Interior Castle, or the Mansions
Source: The Life of St. Teresa of Avila
Source: The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself
Source: The Interior Castle
Source: The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: Volume 1
Source: General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations
“Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.”
“How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.”
Source: The Life of St. Teresa of Avila
Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus
“Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.”
Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus
“I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.”
Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus
Source: The Life of St. Teresa of Avila
Source: The Wisdom of Teresa of Avila: Selections from the Interior Castle
Source: The Life of St. Teresa of Avila
“The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.”
Source: Santa Teresa: An Appreciation, with Some of the Best Passages of the Saint's Writings Selected
Source: The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2
“Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.”
Source: The Interior Castle
Source: The Life of St. Teresa of Avila