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> [“Foundations totter that are not laid deep enough. The more true light a man hath, the more cause of self-abasement will he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-manton/foundations-totter-that-are-not-laid-deep-enough-the-more-true-light/)

[Thomas Manton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-manton/)

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> [Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/independence-is-the-recognition-of-the-fact-that-yours-is-the/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-mitchell/but-self-abasement-is-just-inverted-egoism-anyone-who-acts-with/)

[Stephen Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-mitchell/)

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> [Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-hammarskj-ld/humility-is-just-as-much-the-opposite-of-self-abasement-as-it-is-of-2/)

[Dag Hammarskjold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-hammarskj-ld/)

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> [“Self-interest, fear of physical pain, drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement. Its insincerity was clearly to be seen. He ceases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/self-interest-fear-of-physical-pain-drove-him-to-that-grotesque-act/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/independence-is-the-recognition-of-the-fact-that-yours-is-the-3/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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