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St. Teresa of Avila
1515-1582) born on Mar 28

Spanish mystic, poet. She was one of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic church; author of spiritual classics, e.g., "The Interior Castle," 1575.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same . . .

How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?

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Published Sources for Quotations Above:
F:	Maxims for Her Nuns," in "Selected Writings of St. Teresa of Avila, ed. E. Allison Peers, tr., William J. Doheny, 1950.
R:	Maxims for Her Nuns," in "Selected Writings of St. Teresa of Avila, ed. E. Allison Peers, tr., William J. Doheny, 1950.
A:	Conception of Love of God," 1571; in "Selected Writings of St. Teresa of Avila, ed. E. Allison Peers, tr., William J. Doheny, 1950.
N:	Conception of Love of God," 1571; in "Selected Writings of St. Teresa of Avila, ed. E. Allison Peers, tr., William J. Doheny, 1950.
K:	Exclamations of Soul to God," 1569, in "Selected Writings of St. Teresa of Avila, ed. E. Allison Peers, tr., William J. Doheny, 1950.

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