Quote of the day
Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Teresa of Ávila
Born: March 28, 1515
Died: October 4, 1582 (aged 67)
Bio: Saint Teresa of Avila, born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a Spanish mystic philosopher and Catholic saint.
Known for:
- The Interior Castle
- The letters of Saint Teresa
- Flame of Love: Poems of the Spanish Mystics
- The Interior Castle, Or the Mansions (Aziloth Books)
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