We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness. (Teresa of Ávila)

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness.

Teresa of Ávila

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