"True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues."
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"Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them."
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"Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal meekly. Frequently call to mind Our Lady's journey into Egypt with her Holy Child, and of all the poverty, contempt and suffering they endured. If you follow their example you will indeed be rich amid your poverty."
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"Through the practice of devotion to God, I was coming to learn that preserving loving relations in this world required much forgiveness, tolerance, patience, gratitude, and humility. An essential virtue of humility is to accept others for what they are, despite differences. I contemplated again how the tendency to judge others is often a symptom of insecurity, immaturity, or selfishness, and I yearned to rise above it. Everyone is a child of God. God loves all of His children. If I wish to love God, I must learn to love those whom He loves."
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"Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds."
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"Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity."
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"O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it."
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"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."
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"I never left my roots. You can identify me as someone that didn't become high and mighty. Humility is a defining [trait] all of us can forever learn, and I try to be as humble as anyone can be."
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"Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility."
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"I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now."
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"When you really have something to offer to the world, then you can become truly humble. A tree when it has no fruit to offer, remains erect. But when the tree is laden with fruit, it bends down. If you are all pride and ego, then nobody will be able to get anything worthwhile from you. When you have genuine humility, it is a sign that you have something to offer to mankind."
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"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."
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"The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them. That is why they are able to reign over all the mountain streams."
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"The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife. The greatest directors of men are those who yield place to others. This is called the Virtue of not striving, the capacity for directing mankind; this is being the compeer of Heaven. It was the highest goal of the ancients."
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"What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do."
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"Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend."
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"The more you forget yourself, the more Jesus will think of you."
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"True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty."
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"Catch {a man} at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By jove, I'm being humble," and almost immediately pride - pride at his own humility - will appear."
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