Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. Teresa of Avila More Quotes by Teresa of Avila More Quotes From Teresa of Avila I felt a great dislike to journeys, especially when they were long. But once I had started, I thought nothing of them, thinking of Him for Whose service they were undertaken and remembering that Our Lord would be praised and the most Holy Sacrament would dwell in the house I was going to found... It should be a great consolation to us - though many of us do not think of it - that Jesus Christ, true God and true man, dwells as He does in so many places in the most Holy Sacrament Teresa of Avila journey men jesus My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory. Teresa of Avila eye evil memories I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. Teresa of Avila possible-and-impossible catholic power What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside their arms, even while sleeping or eating, and are always in dread lest the foe should enter the fortress by some breach in the walls. O my Lord and my all! How canst thou wish us to prize such a wretched existence? Teresa of Avila wall sleep life In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks. Teresa of Avila thanks saint giving If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her. Teresa of Avila catholic ignorance taken Let us look at our own faults, and not other people's. We ought not to insist on everyone following in our footsteps, nor to take upon ourselves to give instructions in spirituality when, perhaps, we do not even know what it is. Teresa of Avila giving reality people Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true. Teresa of Avila truth Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity. Teresa of Avila humility soul joy 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. Teresa of Avila bricks dirt noble We cannot be sure if we are loving God, although we may have good reasons for believing that we are, but we can know quite well if we are loving our neighbor. And be certain that, the farther advanced you find you are in this, the greater the love you will have for God. Teresa of Avila love-you may believe His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God. Teresa of Avila saint temptation spring True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be. Teresa of Avila neighbour god-love perfect From moment to moment one can bear much. Teresa of Avila moments bears We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us. Teresa of Avila surrender meditation humility That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones. Teresa of Avila rewards saint mean Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without giving thanks to St. Joseph for the services he rendered them then. Teresa of Avila queens prayer jesus What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change. Teresa of Avila miserable doe life One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off, and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer. Teresa of Avila offering prayer thinking Thank God for the things that I do not own. Teresa of Avila thank-god
