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The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.

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But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility, and aim only at being first. Therefore they shall surely perish.

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He who humbles himself wants to be exalted.

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A man in the view of absolute goodness, adores, with total humility. Every step downward, is a step upward. The man who renounceshimself, comes to himself.

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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.

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Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.

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Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?

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Within the Church, sins are forgiven in three ways: by baptism, by prayer, and by the greater humility of penance; yet God does not forgive sins except to the baptized.

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These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

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There is a stupid humility that is quite common and when a person is afflicted with it, he is once and for all disqualified for being a disciple of knowledge.

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I have sounded the very base-string of humility.

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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible; so without that, without humility, no man shall hear God speak to his soul, though he hear three two-hour sermons every day.

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For the most part, I do the thing which my own nature prompts me to do. It is embarrassing to earn so much respect and love for it.

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Humility is the luxurious art of reducing ourselves to a point, not to a small thing or a large one, but to a thing with no size at all, so that to it all the cosmic things are what they really are - of immeasurable stature.

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Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.

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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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O son, thou hast not true humility, The highest virtue, mother of them all; But her thou hast not know; for what is this? Thou thoughtest of thy prowess and thy sins Thou hast not lost thyself to save thyself.

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When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.

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There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

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Your brilliance comes from your spirit. To deny it is arrogance. To accept it is humility.

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