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If we secretly feel a desire to appear greater or better than others, we must repress it at once. — St. Teresa.

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The King of heaven deigned to be born in a stable, because He came to destroy pride, the cause of man's ruin. — St. Alphonsus.

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To save our souls we must live according to the maxims of the Gospel, and not according to those of the world. — St. Alphonsus.

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Be gentle and kind with every one, and severe with yourself. — St. Teresa.

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If you wish to be pleasing to God and happy here below, be in all things united to His will. — St. Alphonsus.

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In proportion as the love of God increases in our soul, so does also the love of suffering. — St. Vincent de Paul.

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He who keeps steadily on without pausing, will reach the end of his path and the summit of perection. — St. Teresa.