It is a most evident truth, that our love for a person is greater, the more distinctly we remember the good he has done us.
Teresa of Ávila, The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
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I am astonished at the great things done on this road by encouraging oneself to undertake great things, though we may not have the strength for them at once; the soul takes a flight upwards and ascends high, though, like a little bird whose wings are weak, it grows weary and rests.
Teresa of Ávila, The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
…mental prayer is nothing else, in my opinion, but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him Who, we know, loves us.
Teresa of Ávila, The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
Let nothing disturb thee, Nothing affright thee; All things are passing; God never changeth; Patient endurance Attaineth to all things; Who God possesseth In nothing is wanting; Alone God sufficeth.
Teresa of Ávila, The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow