Quotes about God by Sfanta Tereza De Avila (Teresa de Avila)

Sfanta Tereza De Avila (Teresa de Avila) Saint

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

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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.

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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.

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

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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

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The pray means nothing else but to have a friendly relationship with God.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about god