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Post by Elizabeth on Jan 22, 2019 18:33:45 GMT
St. John Mary Vianney on Humility
“Remain humble, remain simple; the more you are so, the more good you will do.”
“Humility is to the various virtues what the chain is to the Rosary; take away the chain and the beads are scattered, remove Humility and all virtues vanish.”
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Post by Elizabeth on Jan 22, 2019 19:03:16 GMT
The Saints on Humility:
To be taken with love for a soul, God does not look on its greatness, but the greatness of its humility. --St John of the Cross, OCD
“There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.” --Saint Augustine
“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” --Saint Augustine
"Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation." --Saint Augustine
"We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend themselves. Let others applaud our good deeds." --Pope St. Clement I
"If humble souls are contradicted, they remain calm; if they are calumniated, they suffer with patience; if they are little esteemed, neglected, or forgotten, they consider that their due; if they are weighed down with occupations, they perform them cheerfully." --St. Vincent de Paul
'The first degree of humility is the fear of God, which we should constantly have before our eyes.' --St. Louis de Blois
"The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it." --Saint Vincent de Paul
"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance." --Saint Augustine
"There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world." --Saint Teresa of Avila
"It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment." --St.Bernard
"Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who is humble easily obeys everyone, fears to offend anyone, is at peace with everyone, is kind with all." --St Thomas of Villanova
"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility." --Saint Augustine
"Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars." --Imitation of Christ
"A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he who is poor and humble of heart lives in a world of peace. The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger." --Imitation of Christ
"It is a virtue and a prize to listen patiently to and put up with insults for the sake of God." --Revelations of St. Bridget
"Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn’t agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more." --St Theresa of Avila
"Speaking absolutely, humility excels virginity." --St. Thomas
"As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility." --St. Bernard of Clairvaux
"No one reaches the kingdom of Heaven except by humility" --St Augustine
"There never can have been, and never can be, and there never shall be any sin without pride." --St Augustine
"Humility, which is a virtue, is always fruitful in good works." --St. Thomas
"You cannot attain to charity except through humility." --St. Augustine
"I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in that for which they have exalted themselves." --St. Augustine
"The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage, but to give the more glory to God's Divine Majesty, and to esteem one's neighbour more highly than one's self." --St Francis De Sales
"There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of His gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces He gives us." --St. Ignatius of Loyola
"Humility makes our lives acceptable to God, meekness makes us acceptable to men." --St Francis De Sales
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Post by Elizabeth on Jan 22, 2019 19:15:02 GMT
"God walks with sincere men, reveals Himself to humble men, enlightens the understanding of pure minds, and hides His grace from the curious and the proud." --Imitation of Christ
"Do not think yourself better than others lest, perhaps, you be accounted worse before God Who knows what is in man. Do not take pride in your good deeds, for God's judgments differ from those of men and what pleases them often displeases Him." --Imitation of Christ
"I do not desire consolation that robs me of contrition, nor do I care for contemplation that leads to pride, for not all that is high is holy, nor is all that is sweet good, nor every desire pure, nor all that is dear to us pleasing to God." --Imitation of Christ
"It is better for you to have little than to have much which may become the source of pride." --Imitation of Christ
"Allow no pride to dwell in you, but prove yourself so humble and lowly that all may walk over you and trample upon you as dust in the streets!" --Imitation of Christ
"Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate." -- St John Climacus
"Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having sinned through pride, sinned also through envy, envying our glory, our happiness. Why do we envy the happiness and the goods of others? Because we are proud; we should like to be the sole possessors of talents, riches, of the esteem and love of all the world! We hate our equals, because they are our equals; our inferiors, from the fear that they may equal us; our superiors, because they are above us." --Saint John Vianney
"Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy, anger and sloth; alms to covetousness." --St. Richard of Chichester
"In prosperity, give thanks to God with humility and fear lest by pride you abuse God's benefits and so offend Him." --Saint Louis IX
'We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased; if our faults are perceived, we are sad. I remark that in a great many people; if one says anything to them, it disturbs them, it annoys them. The saints were not like that -- they were vexed if their virtues were known, and pleased that their imperfections should be seen.' --St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney
"Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven." --Saint Ephraem of Syria
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Post by Elizabeth on Jan 22, 2019 19:26:18 GMT
“Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds not profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity." – St. Therese of Lisieux
"The reason why God is such a great Lover of humility is that He is a great Lover of truth. Humility is in fact truth, while pride is nothing but lying." - St. Vincent de Paul
"Obtain humility through sincere and frequent confession." - St. Philip Neri
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Post by Elizabeth on Jan 23, 2019 2:29:32 GMT
"Do you desire to study to your advantage? Let devotion accompany all your studies, and study less to make yourself learned than to become a saint. Consult God more than your books, and ask Him, with humility, to make you understand what you read. Study fatigues and drains the mind and heart. Go from time to time to refresh them at the feet of Jesus Christ under His cross." - St. Vincent Ferrer
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