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Never take a leaf or move a pebble without asking
permission. Always ask
permission. That maintains the balance and teaches
humility. That leaf you
want to pluck could be far more important than the little purpose
you have in mind. You don't know--so ask permission first.
-Don José Matsuwa
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We have learned about true humility. To
be humble is to surrender, to give up trying to change people
or circumstances, to give up trying to force our will upon
others. Humility is being quiet, being at rest, and
being confident that God is present in every situation.
Humility is being at peace, always.
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Would
you be a pilgrim on the road to Love? The first condition is that you make yourself as
humble as dust and ashes.
-Ansari of
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When
humility enters our souls, we are at last able
to perceive that we do not live alone in the world
but with millions of brothers and sisters, and that hidden
in the heart of each is the same animating spirit.
-U.S.
Anderson
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Nothing
is in vain or without profit to the humble soul: like the bee,
it takes its honey from the bitter herbs; it stands always in a state
of divine growth, and everything that falls upon it is a dew of Heaven
to it. -William
Law
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| Humility is strong--not bold;
quiet--not speechless;
sure--not arrogant. -Estelle Smith |
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humility comes the willingness to stop trying to control or change
other people or life situations or events ostensibly 'for their own
good'. To be a committed spiritual seeker, it is necessary to relinquish the
desire
to be 'right' or of imaginary value to society. In fact,
nobody's ego or
belief systems are of any value to society at all. The world is
neither good
nor bad nor defective, nor is it in need of help or modification
because
its appearance is only a projection of one's own mind. No such
world exists. -David
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| If thou desire
the love of God and people, 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. -Francis Quarles |
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intelligent
self-respect which keeps us
from thinking too
highly or
too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of
the
nobility God meant us
to have. Yet it makes us
modest
by reminding us
how far
we have come short
of what we can
be. -Ralph W. Sockman
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There is no true and
constant gentleness without humility. While we are
so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us be persuaded that nothing is due to us, and
then nothing will disturb us. Let us often think of
our own infirmities,
and we will become indulgent towards
those of others. -François Fenelon
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When you practice humility, you want to become as
accomplished and
evolved as you can possibly be, yet you are willing to submit to the
expertise of others to do so. You understand the scope of your
aptitudes
yet you choose to eradicate arrogance from your attitude, and you can
distinguish the value you possess as an individual while still acting
in the interests
of your fellow human beings. Humility, simply put, is a form of
balance
in which you can celebrate your own worth while sincerely believing
that every other person on the planet is just as worthy as you.
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Humility
is not weakness; it is the epitome of strength. Humility moves a person away from human, personal weakness
and limitation into divine expression, strength, and expansion.
-Donald
Curtis
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For evil does not know how to employ it,
nor does it know how to defend itself against it.
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Humble people
can do great things with uncommon perfection
because they are no longer concerned about their own interests
and their own reputation, and therefore they no longer need
to waste their efforts in defending them.
-Thomas Merton
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Suffer me never to think that i have knowledge
enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough
to need no correction, talents enough to
need no grace, goodness enough to need
no progress, humility enough to need
no
repentance, devotion enough to
need no quickening, strength sufficient
without Your spirit; lest, standing still,
i fall back for evermore.
-Eric Milner-White
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| I
believe that the first test of a truly great person is
his or her humility.
I do not mean by humility, doubt
of his or her own powers.
But really great people have
a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them,
but through them.
And they see something divine
in every other person. -John Ruskin |
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humility is contentment.
-Henri
Amiel |
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all,
unless one first will learn humility.
-Owen Meredith |
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These are a few of the ways we can practice
humility: Speak as little as possible of oneself.
Mind one's own business. Avoid curiosity. Do not
want to manage other people's affairs. Accept
contradiction and correction cheerfully. Pass over
mistakes of others. Accept blame when innocent.
Yield to the will of others. Accept insults and
injuries. Accept being slighted, forgotten, and
disliked. Be kind and gentle even under
provocation. Do not seek to be specially loved and
admired. Never stand on one's dignity. Yield in
discussion even though one is right. Choose always the
hardest. -Mother
Teresa
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Sense shines
with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able person
and yet humble person is a jewel worth a kingdom.
-William
Penn
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It
is vain to gather virtues without humility, for the
spirit of God delighteth to dwell in the hearts of the
humble. -Erasmus |
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Be
humble and you will remain entire.
The sages do not display
themselves, therefore they shine.
They do not approve
themselves, therefore they are noted.
They do not praise
themselves, therefore they have merit.
They do not glory in
themselves, therefore they excel.
Lao-Tzu |
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Humility is the
most difficult of all virtues to achieve;
nothing dies harder than the
desire to think well of self.
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It is better to
have but little knowledge with humility and understanding,
than great learning which might make you proud. For a person's
merits are not
to be estimated by having many visions, or by knowledge of the bible,
or by
being placed in a higher position; but by being grounded in true
humility,
and by seeking always, purely, and entirely, the honor of God.
-Thomas a Kempis
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Professions
of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride;
the really humble person wishes to be, and not to appear so. Humility is timorous, and starts at her shadow; and so delicate
that if she hears her name pronounced it endangers her existence.
-Francis de Sales |
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Humility does
not mean false modesty. Humility does not mean taking a back
seat. When you take a back seat consciously and deliberately in order to
show others
how humble you are, you are not being humble at all.
False humility is what slaves show to their
masters. Slaves know that if they do not
obey their masters blindly, if they do not show this kind of outer
humility, the master will punish them.
True humility is something totally different; it is the
feeling of oneness. Humility means
giving joy to others. Here on earth we want to get joy.
But how do we get joy? Real joy we get from self-giving, not by possessing or by showing our
own supremacy. When we allow others to get joy, then we feel that our joy is more
complete,
more perfect, more divine. By making others feel that they are
either equally important
or more important, we show our true humility.
-Sri Chinmoy
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In
humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom
are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by
them. -Nicholas
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A fault which
humbles a person is of more use to him or her
than a good action which
puffs him or her up. -Woodrow Wilson |
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The individual never asserts him or
herself
more than when they forget themselves.
-Andre Gide |
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No
need to discount yourself in order to achieve humility;
neither can you attain humility by overestimating what you are.
Humility is your correct weight; no more, no less.
-Fred
van Amburgh |
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One major
difference between our people and those of the dominant society
today is humility. Among our people, no matter how far or
how high a person
goes, they know they are small in the presence of God and the
universe. -Lincoln Tritt |
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Discount the one who immediately starts out
to tell you all about his or her accomplishments or achievements.
If they are good and lasting, others will tell you about them.
The big person does not have to brag. The little person
thinks he or she must. -Fred van Amburgh |
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The
casting down of our spirits in true humility is but like throwing
a ball
to the ground, which makes it rebound the higher towards heaven.
-John Mason |
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It
is not a great thing to be humble when you are brought low;
but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare
attainment. -St.
Bernard |
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Humility is the
acceptance of the
possibility that someone else
can
teach you something else
you do not
know already, especially
about
yourself. Conversely, pride and
arrogance
close the door to the mind.
-Arthur Deikman |
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Only
those who feel good about
who they are can express humility.
-Sanaya
Roman |
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Humility is the
surest sign of strength.
-Thomas Merton |
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If you are humble,
nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because
you know what you are. -Mother Teresa |
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Humility is the highest of all virtues.
You can destroy your egotism
by developing this virtue alone. You can influence people.
You can become a magnet to attract the world.
It must be genuine. Feigned humility is hypocrisy.
-Robert Collier |
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Humility is to make a right
estimate of one's self. -Charles Spurgeon |
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Humbleness is always grace, always
dignity. -James Russell Lowell |
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Humility
is to the virtues what the chain is to the rosary: remove
the chain,
and all the beads escape; take away humility, and all the virtues
disappear. -the Cure d'Ars |
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People
often exult the defeat of another forgetting that, some other
time,
their own defeat will be the cause of jubilation for others.
So, humility
in all the conditions of life is the way to enjoy peace.
-Papa
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God can do
great things through the person
who doesn't care who gets the credit.
-Robert
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Humility
must always be doing its work like a bee
making its honey in the hive: without humility all will be
lost. -Teresa of Avila |
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Those
who humble themselves shall be saved;
those who bend shall be made straight;
those who empty themselves shall be filled.
-Lao-Tzu |
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There is but one road to lead to God--humility;
all other ways would only
lead astray, even were they fenced in with all virtues.
-Nicholas Boileau |
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True
humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking
too highly or too meanly of ourselves.
It makes us mindful
of the nobility God meant us to have.
Yet it makes us modest by
reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
-Ralph
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Practice
radical humility when it comes to your own accomplishments,
and give credit everywhere except to your ego.
-Wayne
Dyer |
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