Saint Teresa Quotes
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Saint Teresa Quotes & Sayings
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God, deliver me from sullen saints.
— Teresa Of Avila
What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
It is a great advantage for us to be able to consult someone who knows us, so that we may learn to know ourselves.
— Teresa Of Avila
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
— Teresa Of Avila
In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.
— Teresa Of Avila
I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
— Teresa Of Avila
Saints are only sinners who keep trying.
— Mother Teresa
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
— Teresa Of Avila
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
— Zinedine Zidane
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
— Teresa Of Avila
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
From somber, serious sullen saints, save us, O Lord.
— Teresa Giudice
For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
— Teresa Of Avila
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
Pain is never permanent.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
When the soul, through its own fault ... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery and filth.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila
It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
— Teresa Of Avila
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
— Teresa Of Avila
Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
— Saint Teresa Of Avila