St. Teresa of Ávila

“Even Tina has to begin somewhere; she had her own beginning.”

“Therefore let us pray, and pray in confidence.”

“For God hears even those who can scarcely whisper.”

“He listens for the smallest word.”

“He stoops to receive even our least desire.”

“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours.”

“Yours are the eyes through which He looks compassion on this world.”

“Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good.”

“Let nothing disturb thee. Let nothing affright thee.”

“All things are passing; God only is changeless.”

“Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone is sufficient.”

“More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones.”

“Reckon nothing of yourself, but lean only on God.”

“It is well to know more about ourselves; for if we do not, we shall never make any progress in self-mastery.”

“To progress in our prayer, our first duty is to be acquainted with our own soul.”

“It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves.”

“In the name of God, sisters, let us strive to make spiritual progress.”

“For we are all very rich, even the poorest of us, when we have a soul which is the dwelling-place of God.”

“And we are never alone, unless we choose to be alone.”