Teresa of Avila Quotes — Page 13

Teresa of Avila

Saint, Mystic, Writer

Peaceful

“Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.”

Passing Never Change Dismay

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Teresa of Avila

Saint, Mystic, Writer

Love

“The soul of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight. What do you imagine, must that dwelling be in which a King so mighty, so wise, and so pure, containing in Himself all good, can delight to rest? Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He told us, He created us in his own image and likeness.”

Men Wise Kings

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Grieving

“Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!”

Love Is Suffering

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Philosophical

“To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.”

Earth Angel

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Love

“Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.”

Thinking Giving Eye

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Philosophical

“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.”

Noble Dirt Bricks

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Hopeful

“Hope, O my soul, hope. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience turns a very short time into a long one.”

Long Soul Hope

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Spiritual

“Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.”

Desire Suffering Humility

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Courageous

“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.”

Men Jesus True Friend

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Hopeful

“Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.”

Sweet Christ Saint

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Grateful

“I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me. May He be blessed for ever! Amen.”

Hands Fall Blessed

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Sad

“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.”

Taken Ignorance Catholic

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