Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
- Teresa of Avila
More Quotes By Teresa of Avila
- Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
- It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by...
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time...
- The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
- They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment...
- Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in...
- For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
- Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
- How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar...
- Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with...
- Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means...
- Before prayer, endeavour to realise Whose Presence you are approaching and to Whom you are about to speak,...
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord’s pleasure,...
- Teach by works more than words.
- The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or...
Leave a comment
