Augustine (354-430), Discipleship, Love, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
To seek the greatest good is to live well, and to live well is nothing other than to love God with the whole heart, the whole soul, and the whole mind: It is therefore obvious that this love must be kept whole and uncorrupt, that is temperance; it should not be overcome with difficulties, that is fortitude, it must not be subservient to anything else, that is justice; it must discriminate among things so as not to be deceived by falsity or fraud, that is prudence.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Let your desire be the vision of God, your fear the loss of Him, your sorrow His absence, and your joy in that which may take your to Him; and your life shall be in great peace.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Contemplation, Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Prayer (when), Quote Author, Quote Topic, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Contemplative prayer in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Adversity, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
For the storms, like a wave, pass quickly. And the fair weather returns, because the presence of the Lord they experience makes them soon forget everything.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
