Teresa of Ávila
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A Spanish mystic, theologian, and reformer of the Carmelite order, she is known for her deep spiritual insights and writings on contemplative prayer and the nature of divine union. Her work emphasizes the importance of inner silence and the cultivation of a direct, personal relationship with God. Her teachings on mystical experience and inner transformation continue to inspire seekers of spiritual depth across many traditions.
Teresa of Ávila
Quotes
A Spanish mystic, theologian, and reformer of the Carmelite order, she is known for her deep spiritual insights and writings on contemplative prayer and the nature of divine union. Her work emphasizes the importance of inner silence and the cultivation of a direct, personal relationship with God. Her teachings on mystical experience and inner transformation continue to inspire seekers of spiritual depth across many traditions.
Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
Whenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear.
God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.
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.
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting its rough waves joyfully.
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
