true perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbor, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be. - Teresa of Ávila

The truly humble person will have a genuine desire to be thought little of, and persecuted, and condemned unjustly, even in serious matters. For, if she desires to imitate the Lord, how can she do so better than in this? And no bodily strength is necessary here, nor the aid of anyone save God.

Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God.