Prove yourself humble…
Allow no pride to dwell in you, but prove yourself so humble and lowly that all may walk over you and trample upon you as dust in the streets!
–Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)
The grace of God…
When the grace of God comes to us we can do all things, but when it leaves us, we become poor and weak, abandoned, as it were, to affliction. Yet, in this condition we should not become dejected or despair. On the contrary, we should calmly await the will of God and bear whatever befalls us in praise of Jesus Christ; for after winter comes the summer, after night comes the day, and after the storm, a great calm.
— Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)
Be filled with humility…
He who loves perfection must be filled with humility like a lamp with oil: for lamps are full within and give light without, and their influence makes itself felt in whatever direction they are turned.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Humility matters more…
Self-knowledge is so important that, even if you were raised right up to the heavens, I should like you never to relax your cultivation of it; so long as we are on this earth, nothing matters more to us than humility.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
True humility makes…
True humility makes no pretense of being humble, and scarcely ever utters words of humility.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Practice love of neighbor…
It is a great part of our perfection to support one another in our imperfections; what better way is there for us to practice love of our neighbor save in this support?
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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