They are lowly-minded, and are ready to give up their portion in the earth; therefore it shall come back to them. They neither boast, nor contend, nor exult over others, yet are they heirs of all the good which God has created on the face of […]
Our heart, at least mine, is desperately proud; and if there be a sin which God hates more than another, and more sets himself against, it is the sin of pride. Though some men are more tempted, perhaps, to that sin than others, and, like a […]
Augustine of Hippo
So if you ask me concerning the most important precepts of the Christian religion, first, second, third, and always I would answer “Humility.” … Let no man flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. His blessing comes from God alone. For what do you have of […]
Humility in fallen man implies a sense of a twofold meanness before God, natural and moral. His natural meanness consisting in his being infinitely below God in natural perfection, or God’s being infinitely above him in greatness, in power, wisdom, majesty, and the like. So a […]
Some see pride as only that which manifests itself in costly apparel and bodily ornaments, beyond the degree and rank of the person. Some look no further than the treatment of one man towards another. Now consider with me that the greatest pride in the world […]
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