Teresa of Avila Quotes About Humility

Quotes about: Humility

• Pain is never permanent.

  Teresa of Avila

  Single, Spiritual, Pain

  "The Book of Positive Quotations" edited by John Cook, Steve Deger, and Leslie Ann Gibson, (p. 333), 2007.

• Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

  Teresa of Avila

  Inspirational, Humility, Catholic

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “Book of the foundations. Minor prose works. Poems. Documents. Indices”

• God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Done, Remember

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1957). “The Complete Works of Saint Teresa of Jesus: General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations”

• To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

  Teresa of Avila

  Inspirational, Courage, Lying

  "The Little Lamp" by Eknath Easwaran, (p. 80), 1981.

• There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

  Teresa of Avila

  Prayer, Humility, Catholic

  Attributed in "The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes" by Carolyn Warner, 1992.

• We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Meditation, Surrender

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.139, A&C Black

• The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

  Teresa of Avila

  Running, Humility, Giving

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1979). “The Interior Castle”, p.181, Paulist Press

• To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Catholic, Saint

• 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.

  Teresa of Avila

  Fear, Humility, Half

  "The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel" by Teresa of Avila, translated by David Lewis, (Ch. XXV. "Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject"), 1904.

• All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Roots, Soul

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1979). “The Interior Castle”, Paulist Pr

• We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.

  Teresa of Avila

  Spiritual, Flower, Humility

• There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Saint, World

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1972). “General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations”

• We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humble, Humility, Greatness

  "Interior Castle" by Teresa of Avila, (Ch. 2), as translated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook (1911), revised and edited by Fr. Benedict Zimmerman, 1577.

• Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn't agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more.

  Teresa of Avila

  Pain, Humility, Soul

  Teresa of Avila (2011). “The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2”, p.89, ICS Publications

• It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

  Teresa of Avila

  Love, Daughter, Mother

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.25, A&C Black

• We may think it humility not to realize that the Lord is bestowing gifts upon us. Let us understand very, very clearly, how this matter stands. God gives us these gifts for no merit of ours. Let us be grateful to His Majesty for them, for, unless we recognize that we are receiving them, we shall not be aroused to love Him. And it is a most certain thing that, if we remember all the time that we are poor, the richer we find ourselves, the greater will be the profit that comes to us and the more genuine our humility.

  Teresa of Avila

  Grateful, Humility, Thinking

• 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

  Humility, Soul, Tongue

  Teresa of Avila (2004). “The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself”, p.131, Penguin UK

• It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Justice, Soul

• Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Lord, Redeemed

• The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

  Teresa of Avila

  God, Humility, Journey

• Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Suffering, Desire

• God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

  Teresa of Avila

  Sleep, Humility, Trying

  St. Teresa of Avila (2011). “The Interior Castle: or the Mansions”, p.83, TAN Books

• Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Joy, Soul

  St. Teresa of Avila (2014). “The Way of Perfection”, p.257, Courier Corporation

• I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when they come from this source, are never unaccompanied by vainglory; just as those which God gives are free both from this and from pride.

  Teresa of Avila

  Running, Believe, Humility

  St. Teresa of Avila (2013). “Interior Castle”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

• Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Honey, Bees

  St. Teresa of Avila (2013). “Interior Castle”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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