Teresa of Avila Quotes

286 quotes · Saint, Mystic, Writer

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Teresa of Avila Quotes

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Teresa of Avila

Saint, Mystic, Writer

Sad

“Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus Christ were the most afflicted.”

Jesus Suffering Christ

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Teresa of Avila

Saint, Mystic, Writer

Anxious

“If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.”

Children Giving Evil

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Courageous

“For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.”

Trouble Saint

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Philosophical

“How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!”

Men Wisdom

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Spiritual

“All things pass... Patience attains all it strives for.”

Patience Strive Strife

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Love

“The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.”

Christian Prayer

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Love

“Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.”

Catholic God Love

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Anxious

“I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.”

People Fear Devil

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Love

“True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.”

Love Soul Sacrifice

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Creative

“We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many injuries and affronts have been offered to our Redeemer and the saints.”

Done Knowing Saint

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Creative

“Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.”

Men Mind Thorns

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Sad

“Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly did not wish to deceive me, but the fact was that they knew no better. Of something which was a venial sin, they said it was no sin, and out of a very grave mortal sin they made a venial sin. This has done me such harm, that my speaking here of so great an evil, as a warning to others, will be readily understood.”

Soul Evil Wish

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