Teresa of Avila Quotes on Knowledge
Teresa of Avila was a Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and reformer of religious life. This page collects quotes attributed to Teresa of Avila on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Poem IX", in Complete Works St. Teresa of Avila (1963) edited by E. Allison Peers, Vol. 3, p. 288”
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee: All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices. -
“As quoted in The Little Lamp (1981) by Eknath Easwaran, p. 80”
To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that. -
“V: Loving complaints and petitions; Martha's complaint," in The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila Vol. 1, p. 379.”
It is love alone that gives value to all things. -
“Pain is never permanent.”
The Book of Positive Quotations (2007) edited by John Cook, Steve Deger, and Leslie Ann Gibson, p. 333 -
“The Book of Positive Quotations (2007) edited by John Cook, Steve Deger, and Leslie Ann Gibson, p. 333”
Pain is never permanent. -
“The Way of Perfection , p. 41”
He who cares nothing for the good things of the world has dominion over them all. -
“Ch. I "Childhood and early Impressions" ¶ 4”
One of my brothers was nearly of my own age; and he it was whom I most loved, though I was very fond of them all, and they of me. He and I used to read Lives of Saints together. When I read of martyrdom undergone by the Saints for the love of God , it struck me that the vision of God was very cheaply purchased; and I had a great desire to die a martyr's death , — not out of any love of Him of whic