The following passage illustrates how Teresa viewed her relationship with God and the authorship of her writing:People marvel at what I wrote in the treatise and I marvel at what, in fact, I kept quiet, but I do not marvel doubting nor do I insist on my wonder. For my experience makes me sure, and the God of Truth knows that I had no other master nor consulted with any other learned authority nor translated from other books, as some people with malicious wonder are wont to say.
People are amazed by the treatise I wrote, but I am surprised at what I chose to keep secret. Doubt does not sway me, nor do I insist on my astonishment. My experience is sufficient proof, and God of truth knows that I did not seek guidance from any other authority or translate from other works.