Hardly anyone touches our honor, we cannot stand it, it seems to us that we must not put up with it and we immediately say: "We are not saints." God forbid, sisters, that we should say after some less perfect deed: "We are not angels, we are not saints." Even if we really are not such, it is good to think that with God's help and through our efforts we can become them. (…)
I would like this holy boldness to prevail among you, which allows us to grow in humility and brings us into God's favor; He helps the generous and shows no favoritism.
(Teresa of Jesus, The Way of Perfection XVI,11-12)
