"A minister is coming down every generation nearer and nearer to the common level of the useful citizen - no oracle at all but a man of more than average moral instincts who if he knows anything knows how little he knows."

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"A minister is coming down every generation nearer and nearer to the common level of the useful citizen - no oracle at all but a man of more than average moral instincts who if he knows anything knows how little he knows."

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"Humility and full consciousness are inseparable."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"As long as man has pride, he will appear unattractive and no one will be attracted to him. He may have a handsome face, his pride makes him unattractive."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"No one's life will be harder because I exist."

Chris Matakas, Australian Motivational Speaker

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"Nothing will be attained from actions of hundreds of thousands of lives. Moksha (liberation) is attained through 'absolute humility' (param vinaya). The 'gates of understanding' are opened with 'absolute humility'. 'Absolute humility' arises only when the ego is dissolved."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"The light in your soul can illuminate any darkness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"I pray that I am never so foolishly naive or roguishly pompous to think that I can be the captain of my own ship, for if God is not at the helm my ship will soon be at the bottom."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

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"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

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"I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late."

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"Humility and full consciousness are inseparable."

"He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines."

"As long as man has pride, he will appear unattractive and no one will be attracted to him. He may have a handsome face, his pride makes him unattractive."

"No one's life will be harder because I exist."

"Nothing will be attained from actions of hundreds of thousands of lives. Moksha (liberation) is attained through 'absolute humility' (param vinaya). The 'gates of understanding' are opened with 'absolute humility'. 'Absolute humility' arises only when the ego is dissolved."

"We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion."

"The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth."

"The light in your soul can illuminate any darkness."

"I pray that I am never so foolishly naive or roguishly pompous to think that I can be the captain of my own ship, for if God is not at the helm my ship will soon be at the bottom."

"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

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"The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."

"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

"I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late."

"Love prefers twilight to daylight."

"Don't be consistent but be simply true."