God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
(James 4:6)

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     Humility is the first, second, and third thing needed in Christianity.
(Agustine)

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     Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind... A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you. That raises a terrible question. How is it that people who are quite obviously eaten up with pride can say they believe in God and appear to themselves very religious? I am afraid it means they are worshipping an imaginary God... As long as you are proud you cannot know God.
(C. S. Lewis)

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     If you wish to learn and know anything useful, love to be unknown and to be esteemed as nothing. This is the highest and most profitable lesson: truly to know and despise oneself. To have no opinion of oneself, and to think always well and highly of others, is great wisdom and perfection. If you see another sin openly or commit some grievous crime, do not consider yourself better than he, for you know not how long you will remain in a good state. We are all frail, but you should hold none frailer than yourself.
(Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ)

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