Quotes of Saint Teresa Of Avila - somelinesforyou

“ For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs, and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors, begging our way for the love of God, so that we might be beheaded there. I believe that our Lord had given us courage enough even at that tender age, if only we could have seen a way… ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs, and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors, begging our way for the love of God, so that we might be beheaded there. I believe that our Lord had given us courage enough even at that tender age, if only we could have seen a way… ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Let nothing disturb thee;Let nothing dismay thee;All thing pass;God never changesPatience attainsAll that it strives for.He who has GodFinds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Let nothing disturb thee;Let nothing dismay thee;All thing pass;God never changesPatience attainsAll that it strives for.He who has GodFinds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ I saw an angel close by me, on my left side, in bodily form. This I am not accustomed to see, unless very rarely. Though I have visions of angels frequently, yet I see them only by an intellectual vision, such as I have spoken of before. It was our Lord's will that in this vision I should see the angel in this wise… ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs, and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors, begging our way for the love of God, so that we might be beheaded there. I believe that our Lord had given us courage enough even at that tender age, if only we could have seen a way… ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs, and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors, begging our way for the love of God, so that we might be beheaded there. I believe that our Lord had given us courage enough even at that tender age, if only we could have seen a way… ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Let nothing disturb thee;Let nothing dismay thee;All thing pass;God never changesPatience attainsAll that it strives for.He who has GodFinds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs, and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors, begging our way for the love of God, so that we might be beheaded there. I believe that our Lord had given us courage enough even at that tender age, if only we could have seen a way… ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours.Yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ I saw an angel close by me, on my left side, in bodily form. This I am not accustomed to see, unless very rarely. Though I have visions of angels frequently, yet I see them only by an intellectual vision, such as I have spoken of before. It was our Lord's will that in this vision I should see the angel in this wise… ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Let nothing disturb thee;Let nothing dismay thee;All thing pass;God never changesPatience attainsAll that it strives for.He who has GodFinds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ Anyone who truly loves God travels securely. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila

“ For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. ”

- Saint Teresa Of Avila
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