Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.

Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.

Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.

There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.

Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.

It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.

For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.