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The Little Lamp (1981), cited p. 80 (1981)
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“To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that” — Attributed to Teresa of Ávila via Eknath Easwaran’s The Little Lamp (1981); original passage and English translator unconfirmed.
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Wikiquote cites Eknath Easwaran’s The Little Lamp, p. 80; no original Teresa passage or translator is identified.
The cited modern Easwaran reference does not identify the original Teresa passage or English translator.
Context
The located reference transmits the saying through Eknath Easwaran’s modern meditation publishing rather than directly from Teresa’s manuscripts. The Blue Mountain Center presents its teaching as usable across religious traditions. That later inspirational setting explains a route of circulation while leaving the earlier source and translation unresolved.
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The organization describes its role preserving Easwaran’s works and the origin of the Little Lamp name; not proof of Teresa’s authorship.
Benedict XVI discusses Teresa’s Carmelite reform and spiritual writings; this is context, not authentication of the circulating sentence.
Reference for Teresa’s life and writings; does not establish an original Spanish source for this English wording.
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The Little Lamp (1981), cited p. 80. 1981.
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