Quotes by : Teresa of Ávila

In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself....

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

Prayer and comfortable living are incompatible.

. . . it is presumptuous in me to wish to choose my path, because I cannot tell which path is best for....

. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after....

For if the will has nothing to employ it and love has no present object with which to busy itself, the....

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....

The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.

Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with....