Quotes by Teresa of Avila

“Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.”

“To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.”

“Patient endurance attends to all things.”

“Learn to self-conquest persevere thus for a time and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.”

“God prefers your health and your obedience to your penance.”

“Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it be his life ever so wicked for prayer is the way to amend it and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult.”

“From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints good Lord deliver us.”

“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.”

“Granting that we are always in the presence of God yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense for they as it were see that He is looking upon them whi...”

“To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.”

“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.”

“Vivo sin vivir en mí... muero porque no muero. (I live without really being alive... I die because I am not dying.)”

“Let nothing disturb you,Let nothing frighten you,All things are passing away:God never changes.Patience obtains all things.Whoever has God lacks nothing;God alone suffices.”

“But, as I know that strength arising from obedience has a way of simplifying things which seem impossible, my will very gladly resolves to attempt this task although the prospect seems to cause my ...”

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

“In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.”

“Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.”

“God withholds Himself from no one who perseveres.”

“...aconsejaría yo a los que tienen oración, en especial al principio, procuren amistad y trato con otras personas que traten de lo mismo. Es cosa importantísima, aunque no sea sino ayudarse unos a ...”