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I wanted to live, but saw clearly that I was not living - but rather wrestling with the shadow of death. There was no one to give me life, and I was … - Teresa of Ávila
" "I wanted to live, but saw clearly that I was not living - but rather wrestling with the shadow of death. There was no one to give me life, and I was not able to take it.
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About Teresa of Ávila
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
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Teresia Abulensis
Alternative Names:
Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada
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Teresa de Jesús
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Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada
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Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada
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Teresa
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Avil̔skaia Tereza
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Saint Teresa of Jesus
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Saint Teresa of Ávila
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Teresa de, Saint Cepeda y Ahumada
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Saint Teresia a Jesu
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Saint Teresa di Gesù
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Teresa Sanchez de Cepeda y Ahumada
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Saint Thérèse de Jésus
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Saint Theresa de Jesus
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Saint Theresia von Jesus
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Theresa, Saint De Cepeda
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Saint Teresa
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Teresa of Avila
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Saint Teresa of Avila
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Teresa de Jesus
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Saint Teresa di Gesu
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Saint Therese de Jesus
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Theresa of Avila
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Theresa
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As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or Who dwells within them, or how precious they are — those are things which we seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty. All our interest is centred in the rough setting of the diamond, and in the outer wall of the castle — that is to say, in these bodies of ours.
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