this is the real holy Teresa of Avila:)

If this is the way you treat your friends, it's no wonder you have so few!”

St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)


“Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee; all things are passing; God never changeth.”
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St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)



“We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can / namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.”
St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)




“Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.”
St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)



“How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?”

St. Teresa of Avila quotes