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Perform all your actions in union with the pure intention and perfect love with which Our Lord did all things for the glory of God and the salvation of the world. — St. Mechtildis.

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An air of meekness and a modest speech are pleasing alike to God and men. — Ven. John Tauler.

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The saints owed to their confidence in God that unalterable tranquillity of soul, which procured their perpetual joy and peace, even in the midst of adversities. — St. Alphonsus.

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Look not to the qualities thou mayest possess, which are wanting to others; but look to those which others possess and which are wanting to thee, that thou mayest acquire them. — Ven. Louis de Granada.

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Your heart is not so narrow that the world can satisfy it entirely; nothing but God can fill it. — St. Ignatius.

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If you wish to raise a lofty edifice of perfection, take humility for a foundation. — St. Thomas Aquinas.