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Teresa of Ávila1515–1582

Just as we cannot stop the movement of the heavens, revolving as they do with such speed, so we cannot restrain our thought.

Teresa of Ávila on thinking

Fourth Mansions, Ch. 1, trans. E. Allison Peers (1961), p. 58–59

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