Saint Teresa of Avila

"To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that."

"To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience."

"I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him."

"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."

"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."

"God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person."