"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

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"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

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"The master demon Screwtape identifies elitist humanity's tendency toward "an ingrained habit of belittling anything that concerns the great mass of their fellow men."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"You must be a servant if you want to be great in life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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

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"Be humble and set the balls of your dreams rolling till God himself decides what next! As for "pride", allow it to go as a lone ranger!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"Even God has a need."

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"You will get closer to the truths only when you start thinking this way: My religion is not the best religion, my country is not the best country, my culture is not the best culture, and my life is not the best life! The more you move away from arrogance, pride and prejudice, the more you will get closer to the truth!"

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"Never try to prove that you are right or superior. Let the Lord Himself fight for you."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Do not seek popularity or self-affirmation; just show people God's love and mercy, and help them to prosper and succeed. Simply serve God."

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"We humble ourselves under the mighty grace of the Creator. He will deliver us from every chain and oppression."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God."

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"Music, that is the science or the sense of proper modulation, is likewise given by God's generosity to mortals having rational souls in order to lead them to higher things."

Music

"It is indeed a song of steps. And as I have often said to you, these steps are not made to descend but to ascend. The questioner wishes then to ascend; and where does he wish to ascend if not to heaven? What does this mean-to ascend to heaven? Does he wish to ascend so as to be in the heavens with the sun, the moon, and the stars? Far from that! But there is in heaven an eternal Jerusalem where the angels, our co-citizens, are. From these co-citizens we on earth are estranged. In this exile we sigh; in the city we shall have joy."

Spiritual

"When spirits fall, their darkness is revealed, for they are stripped of the garment of your light. By the misery and restlessness which they then suffer you make clear to us how noble a being is your rational creation, for nothing less than yourself suffices to give it rest and happiness. This means that it cannot find them in itself. For you, O God, will shine on the darkness about us. From you proceeds our garment of light, and our dusk shall be noonday."

Spiritual

"The reader of these reflections of mine on the Trinity should bear in mind that my pen is on the watch against the sophistries of those who scorn the starting-point of faith, and allow themselves to be deceived through an unseasonable and misguided love of reason."

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"For dismissed by You from Paradise, and having taken my journey into a far country, I cannot by myself return, unless Thou meetest the wanderer: for my return has throughout the whole tract of this world's time waited for Your mercy."

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"The master demon Screwtape identifies elitist humanity's tendency toward "an ingrained habit of belittling anything that concerns the great mass of their fellow men."

"Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect."

"You must be a servant if you want to be great in life."

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

"Be humble and set the balls of your dreams rolling till God himself decides what next! As for "pride", allow it to go as a lone ranger!"

"Even God has a need."

"Never try to prove that you are right or superior. Let the Lord Himself fight for you."

"Do not seek popularity or self-affirmation; just show people God's love and mercy, and help them to prosper and succeed. Simply serve God."

"We humble ourselves under the mighty grace of the Creator. He will deliver us from every chain and oppression."

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"For in our hope we are saved."

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"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

"A community is nothing else than a harmonious collection of individuals."

"There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God."

"Music, that is the science or the sense of proper modulation, is likewise given by God's generosity to mortals having rational souls in order to lead them to higher things."

"The reader of these reflections of mine on the Trinity should bear in mind that my pen is on the watch against the sophistries of those who scorn the starting-point of faith, and allow themselves to be deceived through an unseasonable and misguided love of reason."

"For dismissed by You from Paradise, and having taken my journey into a far country, I cannot by myself return, unless Thou meetest the wanderer: for my return has throughout the whole tract of this world's time waited for Your mercy."