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The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of…

— Thomas Merton

Christian humility does not consist in denying what there is of good in us; but in an abiding sense of ill-desert, and in the…

— Charles Hodge

God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys.

— Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow

If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining…

— Anonymous

The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does…

— Vincent de Paul

We should not lose ourselves in vainglorious sohemes for changing human nature all over the planet. Rather, we should learn to view ourselves with…

— George F. Kennan

Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.

— Stanley Hauerwas

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

— Solomon

Do not become a disciple of one who praises himself, in case you learn pride instead of humility.

— Mark the Evangelist

If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one…

— C. S. Lewis

The surest mark of true conversion is humility.

— J. C. Ryle

“This realization is much like Donald Miller's awakening after a day of protesting President Bush: "More than my questions about the efficacy of social…

— Dennis Okholm

We must shift our allegiances from fear to curiosity, from attachment to letting go, from control to trust, and from entitlement to humility.

— Angeles Arrien

The victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His interests have shifted from self to Christ.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then…

— Anthony the Great