Teresa of Avila Quotes

286 quotes · Saint, Mystic, Writer

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Teresa of Avila Quotes

All Spiritual Love Grateful Philosophical Wise 286 quotes · page 20 of 24

Teresa of Avila

Saint, Mystic, Writer

Melancholic

“From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.”

Looks Night Heaven

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Teresa of Avila

Saint, Mystic, Writer

Peaceful

“Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.”

Two Light Different

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Wise

“Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.”

Honesty Sight Authenticity

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Love

“I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.”

Perfect Desire

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Grateful

“God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.”

Positive Obedience

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Determined

“You ought to make every effort to free yourselves even from venial sin, and to do what is most perfect.”

Perfect Effort Sin

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Philosophical

“Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.”

People Doe Saint

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Love

“The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.”

Love Inspiring Marriage

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Philosophical

“How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is because preachers have too much worldly wisdom.”

Thinking Too Much Sin

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Hopeful

“We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer; but our souls, dear, I will just say this forthright: they are God Himself, we will never perish until He does.”

Eye Death Spring

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Hopeful

“Let him never cease from prayer, who has once begun to pray, even though his life is ever so bad. For prayer is the only way to amend one's life and without prayer it will never be mended. Let him not be tempted of the devil, as I was, to give up prayer on account of one's unworthiness. Let such a one rather believe that if he will only repent and pray, our Lord will still hear and answer.”

Believe Prayer Giving Up

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Grateful

“Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?”

Thinking Love House

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