Teresa of Avila Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy

• Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

  Teresa of Avila

  Faith, Inspiration, Joy

• Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting its rough waves joyfully.

  Teresa of Avila

  Spiritual, Selfish, Heart

• When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.

  Teresa of Avila

  Order, Joy, Soul

  Teresa of Avila (2004). “The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself”, p.31, Penguin UK

• Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Joy, Soul

  St. Teresa of Avila (2014). “The Way of Perfection”, p.257, Courier Corporation

• Our soul can find in the Blessed Sacrament all the joys and consolations it desires.

  Teresa of Avila

  Blessed, Joy, Soul

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