Quotes from Teresa of Avila
Patience obtains everything.
- Teresa of Avila
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
- Teresa of Avila
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
- Teresa of Avila
God prefers your health and your obedience to your penance.
- Teresa of Avila
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
- Teresa of Avila
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don't remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don't understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
- Teresa of Avila
God is even kinder than you think.
- Teresa of Avila
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
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
- Teresa of Avila
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
- Teresa of Avila
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
- Teresa of Avila
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
- Teresa of Avila