“You are not holier if you are praised, nor nor viler if you are blamed. What you are, this you are, nor are you worthy to be said to be anything better than who you are as witnessed by God. If you give your attention to what is within you, you will not care what men say about you on the outside. Man looks upon the face, but God sees in the heart.”

The Imitation of Christ, II, vi, 3

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