“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.” “Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.” "Does God proclaim Himself in the wonders of creation? No. All things proclaim Him, all things speak. Their beauty is the voice by which they announce God, by which they sing, "It is you who made me beautiful, not me myself but you." "Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?" "Drunkenness is a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin; whosoever has it, has not himself." “Every city is a living body.” "Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe." "Few are they who by faith touch Him; multitudes are they who throng about Him." "Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others." "For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts are crushed do you draw close. You will not let yourself be found by the proud, nor even by those who in their inquisitive skill count stars or grains of sand, or measure the expanses of heaven, or trace the paths of the planets." "For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared." |
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