It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
Teresa of AvilaUntilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind.
Teresa of AvilaGranting that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense; for they, as it were, see that He is looking upon them, while others may go for days on end without even once recollecting that God sees them.
Teresa of Avila