Quotes from Teresa of Avila
It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
- Teresa of Avila
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
- Teresa of Avila
O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
- Teresa of Avila
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
- Teresa of Avila
Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
- Teresa of Avila
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
- Teresa of Avila
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
- Teresa of Avila
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
- Teresa of Avila
Love draws forth love.
- Teresa of Avila
Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!
- Teresa of Avila
His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
- Teresa of Avila
True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
- Teresa of Avila