Teresa of Avila
Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now.Collection: Faith
Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.Collection: Sympathy
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.Collection: Trust In God
The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or her neighbor. These two loves are never separated. Rest assured, the more you progress in love of neighbor the more your love of God will increase.Collection: God
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.Collection: Prayer
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.Collection: Acceptance
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.Collection: Religious
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.Collection: Spiritual
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.Collection: Journey
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.Collection: Meditation
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.Collection: Romantic
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.Collection: Approach
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.Collection: Magnificence
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.Collection: Faith
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.Collection: Faith
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.Collection: Spiritual
Always think of yourself as everyone's servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.Collection: Thinking
God is even kinder than you think.Collection: Faith
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.Collection: Way
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.Collection: Spiritual
Granting that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense; for they, as it were, see that He is looking upon them, while others may go for days on end without even once recollecting that God sees them.Collection: Different
As to the aridity you are suffering from, it seems to me our Lord is treating you like someone He considers strong: He wants to test you and see if you love Him as much at times of aridity as when He sends you consolations. I think this is a very great favor for God to show you.Collection: God
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within usCollection: Elsewhere
Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.Collection: Spiritual
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.Collection: Saint
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.Collection: Happiness
It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.Collection: Prayer
Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.Collection: Compare
How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for us drop by drop? When as man He was preparing for death, He made Himself our food in order to give us life. God becomes food, bread for his creatures. Is this not enough to make us die of love?Collection: Men
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.Collection: Prayer
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.Collection: Humility
Whenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear.Collection: Command
I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.Collection: Writing
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.Collection: Patience
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.Collection: Blessed
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.Collection: Fall
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.Collection: Flower
Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.Collection: Men
Christ moves along the pots and pans.Collection: Moving
All times are dangerous times.Collection: Dangerous
The soul of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight. What do you imagine, must that dwelling be in which a King so mighty, so wise, and so pure, containing in Himself all good, can delight to rest? Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He told us, He created us in his own image and likeness.Collection: Wise
In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.Collection: Love Is
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.Collection: Spring
What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside their arms, even while sleeping or eating, and are always in dread lest the foe should enter the fortress by some breach in the walls. O my Lord and my all! How canst thou wish us to prize such a wretched existence?Collection: Life
I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.Collection: Cost
That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.Collection: Mean
In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine EssenceCollection: Jesus
To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.Collection: Angel
Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity.Collection: Humility
Thank God for the things that I do not own.Collection: Thank God