Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.
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It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.
Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.
When you treat yourself with the kindness and high regard that you would give to one of your spiritual heroes, your body becomes the epicenter of quiet joy rather than a battlefield for the ego.
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