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 1  Pref,   2     |      silly way" in which I often speak to Him without meaning what
 2  Intr,   0     |           Teresa it was given to speak to the world, in her diaphanous,
 3  Intr,   0     |         is the best qualified to speak of them. St. Teresa is remarkable
 4  Unic,   1     |          ever heard him swear or speak evil. He was a man of the
 5  Unic,   3     |          persons whom I asked to speak with him about it succeed
 6  Unic,   4     |          with my story. I cannot speak of this without tears, and
 7  Unic,   5     |        it is not surprising if I speak of it here to warn others
 8  Unic,   5     |   delight in conversation was to speak about Him; and, as I was
 9  Unic,   5     |      great. As a rule, I used to speak to him about God. This must
10  Unic,   6     |        not erred in venturing to speak of him; for though I make
11  Unic,   7     |        God, there are so many to speak ill of him that self-defence
12  Unic,   8     |         of which I have still to speak, the conflict has not been
13  Unic,   8     |          very humble) to dare to speak of it. I can say what I
14  Unic,   8     |    special refreshment to me. To speak of God, or to listen to
15  Unic,  10     |        though once I was wont to speak of vanities, the Lord has
16  Unic,  10     |         granted me the desire to speak only of Himself. Here is
17  Unic,  10     |               Such as these must speak for themselves. I am describing
18  Unic,  11     |                      I shall now speak of those who are beginning
19  Unic,  11     |         His goodness grant me to speak in such a way as to be of
20  Unic,  12     |        have Him ever with it and speak with Him, ask Him for the
21  Unic,  12     |          that I might be able to speak about it, I was so stupid
22  Unic,  12     |     thing, so that I was able to speak about it in such a way that
23  Unic,  12     |        that one such as I should speak of things that are His --
24  Unic,  13     |      seemed to me appropriate to speak of certain temptations which,
25  Unic,  14     |        from the well, let us now speak of the second way of drawing
26  Unic,  14     |       Him messengers,119 but may speak with Him itself; nor need
27  Unic,  14     |          the better if He did. I speak of pruning, for there come
28  Unic,  15     |          it becomes difficult to speak except with great distress.
29  Unic,  15     |         the body does, though we speak as if it did, and growth
30  Unic,  15     |        As I shall go on later to speak of the signs of true spirituality --
31  Unic,  15     |     clearly -- I am not going to speak of them here and now. I
32  Unic,  16     |              Let us now go on to speak of the third water with
33  Unic,  16     |          it knows not whether to speak or to be silent, whether
34  Unic,  18     |                I propose also to speak of the graces and effects
35  Unic,  18     |          a person like myself to speak of such a thing and to make
36  Unic,  18     |     futile for him to attempt to speak: his mind cannot manage
37  Unic,  18     |  condition. The persons who must speak of it are those who know
38  Unic,  19     |          which I ever heard Thee speak to me and so it made me
39  Unic,  20     |       appointed Prioress) not to speak of it. On other occasions,
40  Unic,  20     |         severity that I will now speak; for although I shall later
41  Unic,  20     |         its solitude. Others may speak to it, and it may itself
42  Unic,  20     |         every possible effort to speak, but all to no avail; do
43  Unic,  20     |        condition, it would be to speak with another who has passed
44  Unic,  21     | disbelieved, as are many who can speak of it in a way very different
45  Unic,  22     |          mine that I now wish to speak, without interfering with
46  Unic,  22     |         which I was beginning to speak about earlier, is a certain
47  Unic,  22     |         favours of which I shall speak later save when I have been
48  Unic,  23     |        consider myself worthy to speak to them or strong enough
49  Unic,  23     |        servant of God to come to speak with me: he was a great
50  Unic,  23     |    should observe secrecy too. I speak of this from knowledge,
51  Unic,  24(194)|         of the Society of Jesus, speak of the spirituality, life
52  Unic,  25     |        of them, he ordered me to speak freely with the rest; I
53  Unic,  26     |           for whenever I used to speak about them to the confessor,
54  Unic,  26     |           the Lord Himself would speak to me again and tell me
55  Unic,  26     |          blame no one who may so speak of it. May the Lord grant
56  Unic,  27     |   remaining senses, can hear him speak or move, or can touch him.
57  Unic,  27     |          me very much ashamed to speak of it and I prefer to keep
58  Unic,  27     |         silence; so I shall only speak of something about which
59  Unic,  27     |          I have spoken and shall speak further. I think it was
60  Unic,  27     |        of few words. When he did speak it was a delight to listen
61  Unic,  27     |  perdition that, although when I speak in this way I may succeed
62  Unic,  29     |          I had no wish to see or speak with anyone, but only to
63  Unic,  30     |        did not dare, however, to speak of it save to my confessor,
64  Unic,  30     |          this city, but he would speak to the priest to whom I
65  Unic,  30     |       made up their minds not to speak to me like this, and afterwards
66  Unic,  31     |         by the devil I shall now speak of others which he brought
67  Unic,  31     |    happen -- people would either speak ill of me or praise Him.
68  Unic,  31     |          as not caring if people speak ill of us, but being more
69  Unic,  31     |      more pleased than when they speak well; holding our own reputation
70  Unic,  31     |        own to enumerate makes me speak of such mean beginnings
71  Unic,  32     |         I had been accustomed to speak of such a foundation, it
72  Unic,  32     |      dared not do otherwise than speak to my confessor about it
73  Unic,  33     |    without moving, and unable to speak, quite beside myself. I
74  Unic,  34     |      ordained that people should speak well to her about me for
75  Unic,  34     |         got up in order to go to speak to him. But then, as I was
76  Unic,  34     |          of the confessionals to speak to me. I began to question
77  Unic,  34     |   extreme recollection, began to speak to the Lord in that silly
78  Unic,  34     |       silly way in which I often speak to Him without knowing what
79  Unic,  34     |       such a person as myself to speak to Him thus boldly! May
80  Unic,  34     |          others of which I shall speak later, concerning both this
81  Unic,  34     |        may never, in any matter, speak anything but the whole truth,
82  Unic,  36     |         nor to the sisters. They speak only of God, and they understand
83  Unic,  37     |      Your Reverences,330 I shall speak of some of these things
84  Unic,  37     |           for people who do that speak the truth, fear nothing
85  Unic,  37     |              We can converse and speak with Thee about anything,
86  Unic,  37     |       that we should not dare to speak to a king, for it is right
87  Unic,  38     |   however much it troubled me to speak of such things, I never
88  Unic,  38     |         for, although He did not speak severely, His words caused
89  Unic,  39     |        tongue is tied: desire to speak as he may, he cannot, or
90  Unic,  39     |      this way, the Lord began to speak to me and told me not to
91  Unic,  40     |        me a very great desire to speak only of things which are
92  Unic,  40     |        with the people to whom I speak about my soul and had an
93  Unic,  40     |          it has distressed me to speak of them even to my confessors.
94  Unic,  40     |        righteousness, people may speak very ill of me, and others
95  Unic,  40     |          to whom I am obliged to speak. Still, I am not in a place