204 Quotes by Teresa of Ávila

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

Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.

Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.

One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off, and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer.

The more we see that any action springs not from the motive of obedience, the more evident is it that it is a temptation of the enemy; for when God sends an inspiration, the very first effect of it is to infuse a spirit of docility.

All times are dangerous times.