Difficult to be proud…
Anyone who thinks of what he is, what he has been, and what he can do of himself will find it difficult to be proud.
–Saint Claude de la Colombiere (1641-1682)
Sailing to the moon…
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Humility matters more…
Self-knowledge is so important that, even if you were raised right up to the heavens, I should like you never to relax your cultivation of it; so long as we are on this earth, nothing matters more to us than humility.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
See yourself as God sees…
If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
One who knows his weakness…
Blessed is the man who knows his weakness. This knowledge becomes for him the foundation and the beginning of his coming unto all good and beautiful things. When a man knows and perceives that he really and in truth is weak… Then, however, he recognizes the greatness of God’s help by comparing it with his own weakness. –Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
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