204 Quotes by Teresa of Ávila

Love draws forth love.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.

From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.

Let us look at our own faults, and not other people’s. We ought not to insist on everyone following in our footsteps, nor to take upon ourselves to give instructions in spirituality when, perhaps, we do not even know what it is.

Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.

With all this wide and beautiful creation before me, the restless soul longs to enjoy its liberty and rest beyond its bound.

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.