which we receive from God; and shows how the door of this castle is prayer. - Teresa of Ávila

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which we receive from God; and shows how the door of this castle is prayer.

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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 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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matters. Do you think, my daughters, that it is an easy matter to have to do business with the world, to live in the world, to engage in the affairs of the world, and, as I have said, to live as worldly men do, and yet inwardly to be strangers to the world, and enemies of the world, like persons who are in exile — to be, in short, not men but angels?

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