I have made more acts of faith during the past year than in all the rest of my life. Whenever my enemy provokes me to combat, I try to behave like a gallant soldier. Aware that a duel is an act of cowardice, I turn my back on the foe…
Here there is no more to do than surrender our intellects and reflect that they are of no avail when it comes to understanding the grandeurs of God. -St. Teresa of Avila
The soul that is quick to turn to speaking and conversing is slow to turn to God. – St. John of the Cross
Have great love for trials and think of them as but a small way of pleasing your Spouse, Who did not hesitate to die for you. – St. John of the Cross
I keep my eyes fixed on Eternity, and from this source I draw constancy in the midst of the confusion of daily life; freedom in my social relations, and joy in spirit… – St. Raphael Kalinowski
As soon as you try to please Him in everything and have an unshakable trust He purifies you every moment in His love and He lets no sin remain. -St. Therese
It is in prayer that the soul learns to know Jesus and thus to love him. Since love cannot be satisfied with difference but with equality, the result is union in similarity. – St. Teresa of the Andes
I tell you, Sisters, so that you will see the mercy of our Lord and how His Majesty does not abandon the one who desires to serve Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. -St. Teresa of Avila
In truth, it is impossible that a heart which can find rest only in contemplation of the Tabernacle-and yours is such, you tell me- could so far offend Our Lord as not to be able to receive Him. . . . What does offend Jesus, what wounds Him to the…