Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards.
Teresa of AvilaI thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
Teresa of AvilaThe important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
Teresa of Avila