Teresa of Avila Quotes About Suffering

Quotes about: Suffering

• Pain is never permanent.

  Teresa of Avila

  Single, Spiritual, Pain

  "The Book of Positive Quotations" edited by John Cook, Steve Deger, and Leslie Ann Gibson, (p. 333), 2007.

• We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

  Teresa of Avila

  Religious, Catholic, Suffering

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.345, A&C Black

• One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off, and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer.

  Teresa of Avila

  Prayer, Thinking, Offering

• In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

  Teresa of Avila

  Night, Light, Heaven

• Truth suffers, but never dies.

  Teresa of Avila

  Suffering, Saint, Dies

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

• Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.

  Teresa of Avila

  Journey, Suffering, Importance

  Teresa of Avila (2017). “The Way of Perfection”, p.127, Whitaker House

• There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.

  Teresa of Avila

  Jesus, Suffering, Trials

• 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.

  Teresa of Avila

  Faith, Grateful, Heart

• If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.

  Teresa of Avila

  Perfection, Suffering, Reason

• Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.

  Teresa of Avila

  Thinking, Suffering, Saint

• Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus Christ were the most afflicted.

  Teresa of Avila

  Jesus, Suffering, Christ

• Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.

  Teresa of Avila

  Love You, Suffering, Trouble

• Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!

  Teresa of Avila

  Love Is, Suffering, Healed

  Teresa of Avila (2011). “The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2”, p.45, ICS Publications

• Patience obtains everything.

  Teresa of Avila

  Suffering

• Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

  Teresa of Avila

  Blessed, Suffering, Saint

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

• Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Suffering, Desire

• We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer; but our souls, dear, I will just say this forthright: they are God Himself, we will never perish until He does.

  Teresa of Avila

  Death, Spring, Eye

• The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.

  Teresa of Avila

  Religious, Delicate Life, Suffering

  St Teresa of Avila (2008). “The Life of St. Teresa of Avila”, p.13, Cosimo, Inc.

• As to the aridity you are suffering from, it seems to me our Lord is treating you like someone He considers strong: He wants to test you and see if you love Him as much at times of aridity as when He sends you consolations. I think this is a very great favor for God to show you.

  Teresa of Avila

  God, Strong, Thinking

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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