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History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

Honesty,sincer ity,simplicity, humility, pure generosity,abse nce of vanity,readines s to serve others -qualities which are within easy reach of every soul -are the foundation of one's spiritual life.

How arrogant - how very far from humility - would be the self-satisfied, smug assurance that God, a tidy-up-after-us God will come and clean up our mess? Hope for a nanny God, who will with a miracle grant us amnesty from our folly - thats not aligned with either history or the text of the Bible.

How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me!

How many young people among you are like this? You know how to give and yet you have ever learned how to receive. You still lack one thing. Become a beggar. This is what you still lack. Learn how to beg. This isn’t easy to understand. To learn how to beg. To learn how to receive with humility.

Humble people dont get Offended easily.

Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.

Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are the graces about which there is no mystery, and they are within reach of all classes... The poorest Christian can every day find occasion for practicing love and humility.

Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo

Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.

Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible; so without that, without humility, no man shall hear God speak to his soul, though he hear three two-hour sermons every day.

Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.

Humility comes from how you come at the world. Confidence comes from how you come at yourself.

Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.

Humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection because they are no longer concerned about their own interests and their own reputation, and therefore they no longer need to waste their efforts in defending them.

Humility and ascetic hardship free a man from all sin, for the one cuts out the passions of the soul, the other those of the body. This is what the blessed David indicates when he prays to God, saying, "Look on my humility and my toil, and forgive all my sins" (Ps. 25:18).

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn't agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more.

Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.

Humility accepts that God places us in the right place at every single moment, not a moment to soon and not a moment too late.

Humility bids us to take ourselves as we are; we do not have to be cosmically significant to be genuinely significant.

Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be known or admired by others, but wishes to plunge from himself into himself, to become nothing, as if he had never been born. When he is completely hidden to himself in himself, he is completely with God

Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

Humans are addicted to the hope for a final reckoning, but intellectual humility requires that we resist the temptation to assume that tools of the kind we now have are in principle sufficient to understand the universe as a whole.

Humiliating people in the name of religion is the practice of someone deprived of the first fruit of religion, #‎ humility .

Humility begins with seeing who God is, seeing yourself compared to God, and then seeing yourself as God sees you.

Humility comes from understanding that the obstacles in front of you are not going to go away.

Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.

Humility does not mean to think yourself less, but to less think of yourself.

Humility, if it comes at all, almost always comes too late.

Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.

Humility is always one play away.

Humility is a natural symptom of those who love God.

Humility is a very important trait in a critic.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another.

Humility is something we should constantly pray for, yet never thank God that we have.

Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist.

Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. It doesn't demand its own way or speak with moral superiority. Instead, humility answers softly and listens kindly for understanding, not vindication. Humility recognizes that no one can change someone else, but with faith, effort, and the help of God, we can undergo our own mighty change of heart.

Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.

Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man.

Humility sets us free to do what is really good, by showing us our illusions and withdrawing our will from what was only an apparent good.

Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's not to say humble people don't exist there, but ambition seems really important.

Humility, which Burke ranked high among the virtues, is the only effectual restraint upon this congenital vanity; yet our world has nearly forgotten the nature of humility. Submission to the dictates of humility formerly was made palatable to man by the doctrine of grace; that elaborate doctrine has been overwhelmed by modern presumption.

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.

Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them.