Teresa of Avila Quotes About Neighbors

Quotes about: Neighbors

• The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or her neighbor. These two loves are never separated. Rest assured, the more you progress in love of neighbor the more your love of God will increase.

  Teresa of Avila

  God, Two, Progress

• If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.

  Teresa of Avila

  Practice, Perfection, Saint

  Saint Teresa (of Avila), Kieran Kavanaugh, Otilio Rodriguez, Stephen J. Connor (1997). “The Wisdom of Teresa of Avila: Selections from the Interior Castle”, p.68, Paulist Press

• So dearly does His Majesty love us that He will reward our love for our neighbor by increasing the love which we bear to Himself, and that in a thousand ways.

  Teresa of Avila

  Love, Christian, Doe

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.261, A&C Black

• We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be no doubt about whether we love our neighbor or not. Be sure that, in proportion as you advance in fraternal charity, you are increasing your love of God, for His Majesty bears so tender an affection for us that I cannot doubt He will repay our love for others by augmenting, and in a thousand different ways, that which we bear for Him.

  Teresa of Avila

  Strong, Thinking, Doubt

  "Interior Castle" by Teresa of Avila, (Ch. 3), translated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook (1921), revised and edited by Fr. Benedict Zimmerman, 1577.

• We cannot be sure if we are loving God, although we may have good reasons for believing that we are, but we can know quite well if we are loving our neighbor. And be certain that, the farther advanced you find you are in this, the greater the love you will have for God.

  Teresa of Avila

  Believe, Love You, May

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