Teresa of Avila Quotes – Insights and Inspiration

We can only learn to love by loving.

Love turns work into joy.

God has no hands but ours.

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things pass away, God never changes.

God is in the pots and pans.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you always.

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God.

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.

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

The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.

Christ has no body but yours, no hands, no feet on earth but yours.

We always find satisfaction in the narrow way.

If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love.

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing make you afraid. All things are passing. God alone never changes.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

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

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

We must have a determined resolve to give ourselves over to Him completely and forever.

The important thing is not to think much but to love much.

Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience makes doubtful what is certain, and turns a very short time into a long one.

Teresa of Avila Quotes – Insights and Inspiration part 2

When you lose God, you lose yourself.

God always whispers to us, never shouts.

The closer we are to God, the closer we are to one another.

God never sends us more than we can handle.

Prayer is the key to all treasures.

To be humble is to walk in truth.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

God has no hands but ours.

Pain is never permanent.

We are made in His image and likeness.

God walks among the pots and pans.

Love is proven in deeds, not in words.

God has no body now on earth but yours.

Seek God not in far-off places, but in your hearts.

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you; all things pass away. God never changes.

Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed.

Forget yourself and help others.

The greatest prayer is patience.

To be holy is to be yourself.

All things are passing; God never changes.

Pain passes, but the beauty remains.

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things pass away, God never changes.

Love is not great delight, but willingness to serve.

Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

We may speak of love and mercy as much as we like, but unless we act accordingly, we are hypocrites.

God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.

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