Unless a man gives himself entirely to the Cross, in a spirit of humility and self-abasement; unless he casts himself down to… — Mark the Evangelist Copy Share Image
There was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
There exists, at the bottom of all abasement and misfortune, a last extreme which rebels and joins battle with the forces of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There are times when I, without willing it, mount to the height of contemplation; with my will I am drawn down from… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
... We in the USA have been depending on prayers, pleading, and self-abasement to a deity to bring us magical advantages, and… — James Randi Copy Share Image
Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Pride is a terrible and dangerous thing. It can take so many forms; it can even assume the appearance of humility. Pride… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
It belongs to small-mindedness to be unable to bear either honor or dishonor, either good fortune or bad, but to be filled… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. To be humble is not to make comparisons.… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. — Stephen Mitchell Copy Share Image
The Negro does not want love. He wants justice . . . I believe it would be better for the Negro's soul… — E. Franklin Frazier Copy Share Image
If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
According to the spirit of this age, the ultimate sin is no longer the failure to honor and thank God but the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Urging humans to be superhumans, on pain of death and torture, is the urging of terrible self-abasement at their repeated and inevitable… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Mary lived in the divine Eucharist, the center of her love. All her thoughts, words, and actions sprang from It like the… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
Yet we slink about like whipped curs:;... our self-abasement principally takes the form of subservience to the United States:;... we are under… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
