Peace Teachings of St Teresa Of Avila

Peace begins in our own hearts, our own families, and then radiates out into the world.

1. Power of Patience

“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.”

2. The God within us

“We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.”

3. Closer to the God

“The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.”

4. The God in our Hands

“Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks compassion into the world. Yours are the feet with which Christ walks to do good. Yours are the hands with which Christ blesses the world.”

5. Power of simplicity

“The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.”

6. Our understandings about others

“Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions — which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.”

Summary

Compassion is the source of world peace. We can find peace in our day to day relationships. The teachings of St Teresa Of Avila is great source of inspiration and peace.