Saint Teresa of Avila Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.”

“The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.”

“We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.”

“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.”

“The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.”

“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.”

“Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.”

“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.”

“To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.”

“I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.”