Quotes by Teresa of Ávila

Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) — Mystikerin/Kirchenlehrerin · Katholisch · Spanien

Teresa von Ávila (1515–1582) war eine spanische Ordensfrau, Mystikerin und Schriftstellerin, die im 16. Jahrhundert durch zahlreiche Klostergründungen den Karmeliterorden reformierte. Sie prägte mit Werken wie „Die innere Burg“ das Konzept des inneren Gebets als persönliche Gottesbeziehung und sah sich wegen ihrer mystischen Visionen zeitweise Untersuchungen der Spanischen Inquisition ausgesetzt. Für Bibelleser veranschaulicht ihr Werk eine kontemplative Gebetspraxis und die psychologisch genaue Beobachtung geistlicher Reifungsprozesse.

Era: Reformation & Baroque

Recurring topics: Humility & Pride, Faith & Trust, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Growth & Character, Prayer & Silence, Discipleship, Peace & Rest, Work & Vocation

Quotes by Teresa of Ávila

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things pass away. God never changes. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
Teresa of Ávila

Prayer, in my view, is nothing other than a conversation with a friend, with whom we often and gladly come together alone, to speak with him, because he loves us.
Teresa of Ávila

Remember that God is among the pots and pans, and that he is at your side in inward and outward tasks.
Teresa of Ávila

Christ has no body now but yours, no hands but yours. Your eyes are those through which Christ's compassion looks upon the world. With your feet he goes about doing good. With your hands he will now bless us.
Teresa of Ávila

From foolish devotion and sour-faced saints, deliver us, O Lord.
Teresa of Ávila

One must know how to take hold of God's heart, that is his weak spot.
Teresa of Ávila

God and I together are always the majority!
Teresa of Ávila

God does not look so much at the greatness of our works as at the love with which they are done.
Teresa of Ávila

God deliver us from gloomy saints.
Teresa of Ávila

It is better to pick up a straw from the ground in God's will than to convert the whole world outside of it.
Teresa of Ávila

Do something good for your body, so that your soul may enjoy dwelling in it.
Teresa of Ávila

Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself!
Teresa of Ávila

Let us not build towers without foundation; for the Lord does not look so much at the greatness of works, as at the love with which they are done.
Teresa of Ávila

God often gives in a moment more than we can attain in a long time.
Teresa of Ávila

God loves us far more than we love ourselves.
Teresa of Ávila

Teach me to discover unexpected talents in others, and grant me, Lord, the finest gift: to mention them too.
Teresa of Ávila

God does not lead everyone by the same path. And perhaps the one who thinks he walks in the depths stands very high in God's eyes.
Teresa of Ávila

Christ, the great sun, never goes out forever for one whom his ray has once pierced. He is buried in the most clouded heart, and at any hour he may rise again.
Teresa of Ávila

All difficulties in prayer can be traced back to one cause: praying as if God were absent.
Teresa of Ávila

The Lord cares so much that we love him and strive to come to him, that he never stops calling us again and again, so that we may find our way to him.
Teresa of Ávila

Had I recognized earlier that the tiny palace of my soul houses so great a King, I would not have left him alone so often.
Teresa of Ávila

More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones.
Teresa of Ávila

True humility does not trouble, confuse, or disturb the soul, but brings it peace, comfort, and rest.
Teresa of Ávila

What has been imprinted upon your heart in life, you cannot possibly lose in death.
Teresa of Ávila

God is so great that he is well worth seeking a whole life long.
Teresa of Ávila

We should have a holy boldness, for God helps the courageous and shows no favoritism.
Teresa of Ávila

God wants people to have joy.
Teresa of Ávila

How rare are those who do what they do wholeheartedly.
Teresa of Ávila

Consider well how quickly people change, and how little one can rely on them; therefore hold fast to God, who is unchangeable.
Teresa of Ávila

Those who think union with God consists of ecstasies, raptures, and spiritual consolations deceive themselves greatly. It consists solely in surrendering our will to God, provided that this surrender is complete.
Teresa of Ávila

Poverty of spirit is a good that contains within it all the goods of the world.
Teresa of Ávila

God rewards good works in such a way that he gives strength and opportunity for even better ones.
Teresa of Ávila

God does not leave us in the dark. Only when we abandon him do we perish.
Teresa of Ávila

When you hear someone being greatly praised, rejoice over it much more than if it were you being praised.
Teresa of Ávila

One must not want to have everything finished in a single day.
Teresa of Ávila

Thus our body also has this infirmity, that it discovers and feigns all the more needs the more it is indulged.
Teresa of Ávila

I am of the opinion that human honor and wealth almost always go together, and that whoever strives for honor always has an inclination toward wealth; and that whoever rejects money and goods also cares little for honor.
Teresa of Ávila

If we do not resolve to accept sickness and death, we will never achieve anything.
Teresa of Ávila

My soul can find rest nowhere but in God and in people who understand her.
Teresa of Ávila

I cannot marvel enough at the great harm caused by intimacy with relatives; nor do I believe that anyone will credit it, save those who have experienced it themselves.
Teresa of Ávila

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