聖女大德蘭有許多名言就是在講人的內心。好比說:「天主就住在你內。你要進入你的內心,凝視天主,向祂傾訴,靜聽祂的話語,感受與天主同在。」(Within you dwells your God. Enter within, look at Him, talk to Him, listen to Him and stay with Him in your heart.")又或者:「其實我們心裏已有天上的一切,因為天地的主宰就在我們心中。」(Indeed, we have heaven within ourselves for the Lord of Heaven is there.)