This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts, and endowments.
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If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.
To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him.
God is decisively drawn to the humble.
You have to be humble when you're dealing with God.
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
I have altogether failed to comprehend as to how undue pride or vain-gloriousness could ever stand in the way of a man believing in God.
Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.
In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
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