Teresa of Ávila Quotes

Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)

Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jesús) (28 March 1515 – 4 October 1582), born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a Spanish mystic philosopher and Catholic saint.

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Native Name: Teresa de Ávila • Teresia Abulensis

Alternative Names: Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada • Teresa de Jesús • Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada • Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada • Teresa • Avil̔skaia Tereza • Saint Teresa of Jesus • Saint Teresa of Ávila • Teresa de, Saint Cepeda y Ahumada • Saint Teresia a Jesu • Saint Teresa di Gesù • Teresa Sanchez de Cepeda y Ahumada • Saint Thérèse de Jésus • Saint Theresa de Jesus • Saint Theresia von Jesus • Theresa, Saint De Cepeda • Saint Teresa • Teresa of Avila • Saint Teresa of Avila • Teresa de Jesus • Saint Teresa di Gesu • Saint Therese de Jesus • Theresa of Avila • Theresa

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Let us not fail him; do not fear that he will fail you. And if some time he should fail you, it will be for a greater good.

it has acquired prudence and discretion and orders its life well. Its limitations are those of vision: it has not yet experienced to the full the inspiring force of love. It has not made a full self-oblation, a total self-surrender. Its love is still governed by reason, and so its progress is slow.

This good companionship began to root out the habits which bad companionship had formed, and to bring my thoughts back to the desire of eternal things.

It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves, or know who we are.