Top 59 Quotes by Saint Teresa of Avila

About Saint Teresa of Avila

These are some quotes by Spanish author Saint Teresa of Avila Saint, who lived between March 28, 1515 and October 4, 1582.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

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?

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

It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.

It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.

Saint Teresa of Avila

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

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.

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

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?

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

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

Saint Teresa of Avila

A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.

Saint Teresa of Avila

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.

Saint Teresa of Avila

I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.

I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.

Saint Teresa of Avila

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