A Quote by Teresa of Avila

True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.

Teresa of Avila

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Teresa of Avila
Spanish - Saint
March 28, 1515 - October 4, 1582

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