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"With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive."
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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."
"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."
"Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments."
"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."
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"Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves."
"There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."
"A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future."
"Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes."
"When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?"
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