We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea because we have heard it and

We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea because we have heard it and Saint Teresa of Avila Quotes

We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea because we have heard it and because our faith tells us so that we possess souls. As to what good qualities there may be in our souls or who dwells within them or how precious they are those are things which seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty.

Author: Saint Teresa of Avila

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