to say nothing through fear that taking the matter up would be yielding to temptation would itself be to yield to temptation.

Teresa de Ávila Interior Castle
Also known as: Teresa de Jesús, Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, Saint Teresa of Avila
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About Teresa de Ávila

Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jesús) (28 March 1515 – 4 October 1582), born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a Spanish mystic philosopher and Catholic saint.

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for the devil never slumbers. And the nearer we are to perfection, the more careful we must be, since his temptations are then much more cunning because there are no others that he dare send us;

Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
Christ's compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.