quotes by Teresa of Ávila

"It is love alone that gives worth to all things."
— Teresa of Ávila

"It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves."
— Teresa of Ávila

"If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so many enemies.

~ Said as she was bucked off her horse into a river on the way to visit one of her monasteries"
— Teresa of Ávila

"Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man."
— Teresa of Ávila

"Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
Christ's compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now."
— Teresa of Ávila

"God save us from gloomy saints!"
— Teresa of Ávila

"Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours."
— Teresa of Ávila

"Thank God for the things that I do not own."
— Teresa of Ávila

"I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him."
— Teresa of Ávila

"You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him."
— Teresa of Ávila

"To have courage for whatever comes in life
– everything lies in that’

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— Teresa of Ávila

"Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself."
— Teresa of Ávila

"Said as she was thrown from her horse into a stream on her way to visit one of her monasteries, 'If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so many enemies.'"
— Teresa of Ávila

"Amor saca amor."
— Teresa of Ávila

"All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles."
— Teresa of Ávila

" Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in it enters in diffrent places but it all becomes one. "
— Teresa of Ávila (Interior Castle)

"Acts of love enkindle and melt the soul."
— Teresa of Ávila

"May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content knowing that you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into our bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, danse, praise and love.
It is there for each and everyone of you."
— Teresa of Ávila

"God withholds Himself from no one who perseveres."
— Teresa of Ávila