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St Teresa of Avila: Accustom yourself continually...

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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

Source: Maxims for Her Nuns, in Selected Writings of St. Teresa of Avila, ed. E. Allison Peers, tr., William J. Doheny, 1950.
-- St Teresa of Avila, (Mar 28 1515-1582), Spanish mystic, poet; She was one of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic church; author of spiritual classics, e.g., The Interior Castle, 1575.


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