“This is why humility was so important. It was the soul's way of short-circuiting the damage that could be done by the constant need to know where one stood with respect to others. The point of humility was not to think ill of oneself but to protect oneself from this craving for status. This, in turn, would free the spirit to see life in a new way.” AsceticismHumilty Book:Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women Source: Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women