Now realize that anyone who doesn't know how to set up the pieces for a game of chess won't know how to play well...
And oh, how permissible this kind of game will be for us; and how quickly, if we play it often, will we checkmate this divine King, who will not be able to escape, nor will he want to. . .
The queen is the piece that can carry on the best battle in this game, and all the other pieces help. There's no queen like humility for making the King surrender.
Humility drew the King from heaven to the womb of the Virgin, and with it, by one hair, we will draw him to our souls.
-- St. Teresa of Avila, Way of Perfection, Ch. 16
