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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.

Teresa of Avila

True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Better Command Existence God Ourselves Perfection True
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Act Humility Knowledge Study Value World
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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God Respect Servant Thinking Yourself
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Flower Growth Humility Love Spiritual Talk True
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Deliever Devotion Face God Goodness

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.

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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.

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