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Teresa of Avila Quotes about Desire

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

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

I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.

Teresa of Avila
Perfect, Desire, Beloved

If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.

Teresa of Avila
Secret, Desire, Intimate
Saint Teresa of Avila (1976). “The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: Volume 1”, p.197, ICS Publications

Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.

Teresa of Avila
Prayer, Practice, Desire
Saint Teresa of Avila (1976). “The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: Volume 1”, p.96, ICS Publications

To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all. All who desire You always find You there, and converse with You face to face

Teresa of Avila
Kings, Giving, Desire

I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.

Teresa of Avila
Blessed, Soul, Desire
St Teresa of Avila (2008). “The Life of St. Teresa of Avila”, p.20, Cosimo, Inc.

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