“Radical self-denial gives the feel of adventure. If we forsake all, we even have the chance of glorious martyrdom. But in service, we must experience the many little death of going beyond ourselves. Service banishes us to the mundane, the ordinary, the trivial” HumilityDiscipleship Book:Celebration of Discipline Source: Celebration of Discipline
“True service is a lifestyle. It acts from the ingrained patterns of living. It springs spontaneously to meet human need.” HumilityDiscipleship Book:Celebration of Discipline Source: Celebration of Discipline
“We do not have to have the correct answers to listen well. In fact, often the correct answers are a hindrance to listening well, for we become more anxious to give the correct answer than to hear.” HumilityIntelligenceProblem SolvingCounseling Book:Celebration of Discipline Source: Celebration of Discipline
“Confession is a difficult discipline for us, because we all too often view the believing community as a fellowship of saints before we see it as a fellowship of sinners. We feel that everyone else has advanced so far into holiness that we are isolated and alone in our sin.” ChurchHumilitySmall Groups Book:Celebration of Discipline Source: Celebration of Discipline