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"Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger."
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"But the Egotist is stuck somewhere between his hidden triad of pride, fear, and insecurity; he is forever fighting to prove himself, instigating battles the Humbleman has unwittingly conquered, already sealed some time ago. Yes, the day he finally accepts face-to-face such an irony as humility - the irony that humility is indeed the mother of giants, that great men, having life so large, as needed, can afford to appear small - the world will then know peace."

"Nothing humbles a rich man better than a poor man that isn't willing to do 'anything' for money."

"Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are."

"It is the fool who declares 'I am ascending the summit,' while he's toddling around in the ditch."
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"God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box."

"Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth."

"Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act."

"If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs."
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