Attribuée à Teresa of Ávila
«This is how I treat my friends. — That is why you have so few.»
Fausse attribution
Verdict
Elle ne figure pas dans l'œuvre de Teresa of Ávila
Dialogue with God after a fall into the mud; it appears in no work, letter or sixteenth-century testimony. See the corresponding anecdote.
Source: Efrén de la Madre de Dios, O.C.D., y Otger Steggink, O.Carm. Tiempo y vida de Santa Teresa. Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1968 (3.ª ed., 1996).
Ce qu'il a vraiment dit
Paroles vérifiées de Teresa of Ávila
«Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you; all things pass away, God does not change; patience obtains everything; whoever has God lacks nothing: God alone suffices.»
Poesías, letrilla hallada en su breviario («Nada te turbe»)
«I live without living in myself, and so high a life I await, that I die because I do not die.»
Poesías, «Vivo sin vivir en mí» (glosa)
«Mental prayer, in my opinion, is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.»
Libro de la vida, cap. 8, 5