It pleased God to make it easy for us to be saved. He didn’t attach salvation to knowledge or intelligence or wealth, nor to long experience or rare gifts that are not given to all. He attached it to something within the reach of everyone, absolutely everyone. Jesus attaches salvation to humility, to the act of making yourself little. That is all it takes to win heaven.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
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.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundations.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and those who nourish themselves with this honey produce sweet fruit.
–Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
