Quotes from Teresa of Avila

Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.

How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.

How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.

I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.

I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature - I could be suborned with a sardine.

Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything - God alone suffices.

Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.

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

Patient endurance / Attaineth to all things.

May nothing wind you up, nothing affright you; everything comes and goes. God, still, just there; through patience all will be achieved. If you have God, you lack nothing: God alone will do.

Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.

Patience obtains everything.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us

God prefers your health and your obedience to your penance.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don't remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don't understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.

God is even kinder than you think.

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.

He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.

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

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.