Quote of the day
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
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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