I know, too, that our progress has nothing to do with the b… - Teresa of Ávila

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I know, too, that our progress has nothing to do with the body, which is the thing that matters least.

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Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jesús) (28 March 1515 – 4 October 1582), born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a Spanish mystic philosopher and Catholic saint.

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Native Name: Teresa de Ávila • Teresia Abulensis

Alternative Names: Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada • Teresa de Jesús • Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada • Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada • Teresa • Avil̔skaia Tereza • Saint Teresa of Jesus • Saint Teresa of Ávila • Teresa de, Saint Cepeda y Ahumada • Saint Teresia a Jesu • Saint Teresa di Gesù • Teresa Sanchez de Cepeda y Ahumada • Saint Thérèse de Jésus • Saint Theresa de Jesus • Saint Theresia von Jesus • Theresa, Saint De Cepeda • Saint Teresa • Teresa of Avila • Saint Teresa of Avila • Teresa de Jesus • Saint Teresa di Gesu • Saint Therese de Jesus • Theresa of Avila • Theresa

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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

This good companionship began to root out the habits which bad companionship had formed, and to bring my thoughts back to the desire of eternal things.

Alma mía, toma la cruz con gran consuelo, que ella sola es el camino para el cielo.

I know, too, that our progress has nothing to do with the body, which is the thing that matters least. - Teresa of Ávila

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