Quotes by : Teresa of Ávila

You must know that weather or not you are practicing mental prayer has nothing to do with keeping your....

God withholds Himself from no one who perseveres.

Let nothing disturb you,Let nothing frighten you,All things are passing away:God never changes.Patience....

Reflect carefully on this, for it is so important that I can hardly lay too much stress on it. Fix your....

Prayer and comfortable living are incompatible.

...it takes great humility to find oneself unjustly condemned and be silent, and to do this is to imitate....

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our....

I cannot think why we should be astonished at all the evils which exist in the Church, when those who....

I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the....

Give me, if you will, prayers;Or let me know dryness,An abudance of devotion,Or if not, then barrenness.In....