To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. Saint Teresa of Avila on courage
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. Saint Teresa of Avila on experience
I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. Saint Teresa of Avila on fear
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. Saint Teresa of Avila on friendship
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 on god
God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person. Saint Teresa of Avila on god
God gave us faculties for our use each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher. Saint Teresa of Avila on god
God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person. Saint Teresa of Avila on good
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. Saint Teresa of Avila on good
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. Saint Teresa of Avila on life
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives. Saint Teresa of Avila on peace
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. Saint Teresa of Avila on power
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 on religion
God gave us faculties for our use each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher. Saint Teresa of Avila on work