"Krishna exalts those who are humble and humbles those who exalt themselves."
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"A virtue which is divine is humility. A person who could do great things and still maintain humility of the heart, charity of the heart, goodness of the heart is a person who could actually make a difference in peoples lives in a very positive way."
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"Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good."
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"To measur whether it is humility or depression, check whether you are advancing spiritually or going down."
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"Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere."
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"To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility."
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"Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble."
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"Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal."
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"Humility is practical application of knowledge."
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"A virtue which is divine is humility."
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"Regret or remorse of the wrong we have done should be in a positive spirit of changing, turning towards God with humility."
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""I had Krishna and I have lost Him." That is humility."
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"You can think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all fellow devotees going Back Home Back to Godhead, while you remain in this material world only."
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"If we are truly humble , we will co-operate."
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"If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool."
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"What touches our hearts and impresses us deeper is sacrifice and humility, when we see someone accept the higher principle of cooperation, putting aside his/her own achievements."
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"Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna's heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility."
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"Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble."
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"Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility"
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"To be meek and humble means to have a service attitude towards God, the Vaisnavas, and all living beings. Unless we have that, our chanting will have minimal effect and many births may pass before we finally come to the conclusion."
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