Quotes by Teresa of Avila, St.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will percei >>

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surr >>

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs >>

Quotations about Love

Love talked about is easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irr >>

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden wh >>

Love is inseparable from knowledge. >>

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found -- not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Teresa of Avila, St.