St. Teresa of Avila - Born in 1515, Avila, Spain; died in 1582. - In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.******Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult.********We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to find a place where we can be alone and look upon Him present within us. ********It is impossible for a person who prays regularly to remain in serious sin; because the two are incompatible, one or the other will have to be given up.********The highest perfection consists not in interior favors or in great raptures, but in the bringing of our wills so closely into conformity with the Will of God that, as soon as we realize that he wills anything, we desire it ourselves with all our might.*******There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.**** True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.*******However many years life might last, no one could ever wish for a better friend than God.****** From moment to moment one can bear much.*******To seek God within ourselves avails us far more than to look for Him amongst creatures.******God bestows two remedies for all the temptations and trials that we have to endure: Love and Fear... Love makes us quicken our steps, while fear will make us look where we are setting our feet so that we shall not fall.*******With the Lord by our side, there is nothing we cannot do. Separated from Him, we will collapse almost immediately. With so good a friend and Captain ever present, Himself the first to suffer, everything can be borne. He helps. He strengthens. He never fails. He is the true friend.*******"Those watching from the river bank saw the carriage she was in swaying on the brink of the torrent. She jumped out awkwardly, up to her knees in water, and hurt herself in the process. Wryly, she complained. "So much to put up with and you send me this!" Jesus replied, "Teresa, that's how I treat my friends." She was not lost for an answer: "Small wonder you have so few!"*******Love and fear of God! These are two strong castles whence we can wage war on the world and on the devils.******** Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life, which is short and has to be lived by you alone; and there is only one glory, which is eternal. If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.******