Know thyself through the temperaments

Self-knowledge is a virtue that St. Teresa of Avila highly valued.

“Self-knowledge is so important that, even if you were raised right up to the heavens, I should like you never to relax your cultivation of it.”

Genuine self-knowledge leads to humility, being truly grounded in who we are as God’s unique son or daughter.

The concept of the four temperaments was first proposed around 350 B.C …