Teresa of Avila, 1515 - 1582
Oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens (1615)
Born: 28 March 1515, Gotarrendura, Ávila, Old Castile, Kingdom of Spain
Died: 4 October 1582, Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Kingdom of Spain
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- Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. permalink
Teresa of Avila - Maxims for Her Nuns (1963) - All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted. permalink
Teresa of Avila - Always think of yourself as everyone's servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all. permalink
Teresa of Avila - Maxims for Her Nuns (1963) - As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or who dwells within them, or how precious they are — those are things which we seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty. permalink
Teresa of Avila - Interior Castle (1577) - Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. permalink
Teresa of Avila - Maxims for Her Nuns (1963) - From moment to moment one can bear much. permalink
Teresa of Avila - From silly devotions
and from sour-faced saints,
good Lord, deliver us. permalink
Teresa of Avila - God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher. permalink
Teresa of Avila - Interior Castle (1577) - 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. permalink
Teresa of Avila - God speaks to souls through words uttered by pious people, by sermons or good books, and in many other such ways. Sometimes he calls souls by means of sickness or troubles, or by some truth He teaches them during prayer, for tepid as they may be in seeking Him, yet God holds them very dear. permalink
Teresa of Avila - The Interior Castle (1577) - God, wishing His elect to realize their own misery, often temporarily withdraws His favours: no more is needed to prove to us in a very short time what we really are. permalink
Teresa of Avila - The Interior Castle (1577) - However many years life might last, no one could ever wish for a better friend than God. permalink
Teresa of Avila - The Interior Castle (1577) - I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us. permalink
Teresa of Avila - I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself. permalink
Teresa of Avila - The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus (c.1565, 1904 in English) - I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. permalink
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