The quotations of

Teresa of Ávila

Roman Catholic saint

1515–1582

6 quotes, most often on God and Love.

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.
Maxims for Her Nuns (1963), Maxim 25, p. 257
- Christianity
It is love alone that gives value to all things.
“V: Loving complaints and petitions; Martha’s complaint,” in The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila Vol. 1, p. 379.
- Love
Just as we cannot stop the movement of the heavens, revolving as they do with such speed, so we cannot restrain our thought.
Fourth Mansions, Ch. 1, trans. E. Allison Peers (1961), p. 58–59
- Thinking
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness.
First Mansions, Ch. 2: The Human Soul, as translated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook (1911), revised and edited by Fr. Benedict Zimmerman
- God
It seems as if Thou didst subject those who love Thee to a severe trial: but it is in order that they may learn, in the depths of that trial, the depths of Thy love.
The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus (c.1565), Ch. XXV. “Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject” ¶ 22 & 23
- God
- Love
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. Satan can do me no harm whatever, but they can trouble me very much, particularly if they be confessors.
The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus (c.1565), Ch. XXV. “Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject” ¶ 26 & 27
- Fear
- Religion

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