“Any forced effort harms us more than it helps.”
Teresa of Ávila
To the card
The warning concerns forced inner recollection in prayer, not every kind of effort.
Source
Teresa of Ávila, Castillo interior / Las Moradas (1577), Moradas cuartas, chapter 3, §6.
https://ccel.org/ccel/teresa/castle2.viii.iii.html
Rights
Original text in the public domain; English version: own rendering.
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