It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.
In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all.
Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.
The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.
There are always people who will be better at something than you are. You have to learn to be a follower before you become a leader.
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others... By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.