The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have read more

The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.

Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.

God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.

God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God

He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a read more

He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a throne where honor may be crowned
Sole monarch of the universal earth.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages