If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
Teresa of AvilaAccustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
Teresa of AvilaHis Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
Teresa of AvilaKeep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose a thousand lives and be persecuted by the whole world, than commit one mortal sin, and until you are most careful not to commit venial sins.
Teresa of Avila