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title: "2 Internal Life Quotes By Pope Gregory I"
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> [“He must, therefore, be the model for everyone. He must be devoted entirely to the example of good living. He must be dead to the passions of the flesh and live a spiritual life. He must have no regard for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/he-must-therefore-be-the-model-for-everyone-he-must-be-devoted/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

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> [“The spiritual director should not reduce his attention to the internal life because of external occupations, nor should he relinquish his care for external matters because of his anxiety for the internal life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/the-spiritual-director-should-not-reduce-his-attention-to-the/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

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## More by Pope Gregory I

> [He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/he-who-is-required-by-the-necessity-of-his-position-to-speak-the/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [I despise the proper constructions and cases, because I think it very unfitting that the words of the celestial oracle should be restricted by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/i-despise-the-proper-constructions-and-cases-because-i-think-it-very/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/the-universe-is-not-rich-enough-to-buy-the-vote-of-an-honest-man/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/if-we-are-in-fact-now-occupied-in-good-deeds-we-should-not-attribute/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [Now if the wearing of fine and precious robes were not a fault, word of God would never have so carefully expressed this. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/now-if-the-wearing-of-fine-and-precious-robes-were-not-a-fault-word/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [“He must, therefore, be the model for everyone. He must be devoted entirely to the example of good living. He must be dead to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/he-must-therefore-be-the-model-for-everyone-he-must-be-devoted/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [“Necessity demands that one should carefully examine who it is that comes to the position of spiritual authority; and coming solemnly to this point,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/necessity-demands-that-one-should-carefully-examine-who-it-is-that/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [“Pope Gregory believed that successful pastoral leadership required a balance between the contemplation of the isolated ascetic and the action of the well-trained administrator.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/pope-gregory-believed-that-successful-pastoral-leadership-required-a/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/what-do-they-not-see-who-see-him-who-sees-all-things/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/there-are-in-truth-three-states-of-the-converted-the-beginning-the/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [“For it is no doubt impossible to eradicate everything at once from their obstinate minds, because he who endeavours to reach the highest place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/for-it-is-no-doubt-impossible-to-eradicate-everything-at-once-from/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [“The spiritual director should not reduce his attention to the internal life because of external occupations, nor should he relinquish his care for external…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/the-spiritual-director-should-not-reduce-his-attention-to-the/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/the-bliss-of-the-elect-in-heaven-would-not-be-perfect-unless-they/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/whatsoever-one-would-understand-what-he-hears-must-hasten-to-put-into/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

> [Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/ignorance-is-a-dangerous-and-spiritual-poison-which-all-men-ought/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

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