The least of all…
Preserve a habitual remembrance of eternal life, recalling that those who hold themselves the lowest and poorest and least of all will enjoy the highest dominion and glory in God.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
God descends to the humble…
God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys.
— Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
Do not seek earthly glory…
Do not seek earthly glory in any matter, for it is extinguished for him who loves it. In its time it blows on a man like a strong wind, and then quickly, taking from him the fruits of his good works, it goes away from him, laughing at his foolishness.
–Saint Gennadius of Constantinople (Fifth Century)
Self-justification and humility…
As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
A person is humble…
A person is humble when he knows that his very being that is on loan to him.
–Saint Maximos the Confessor (580-662)
Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
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