“The Lord chose the apostles, that they should be with Him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.” ShouldMightLordHumilityDevilCastsHealSicknessApostlesRecluse Author:Theophan the Recluse
“Every Christian has the power to heal infirmities-not of others, but his own, and not of the body, but of the soul-that is, sins and sinful habits-and to cast out devils, rejecting evil thoughts sown by them, and extinguishing the excitement of passions enflamed by them.” SoulBodyChristianPassionEvilSinHumilityHabitDevilCastsHealExcitementRejectingInfirmityEvil Thoughts Author:Theophan the Recluse
“Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons.” IfsMadeVirtueDoubtHumilityPrideDevilAngelDemonNo Doubt Author:John Climacus
“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” MenChangedHumilityPrideDevilAngelCatholicSaintHumblenessHippoChristian HumilityPride And HumilityHumble ManHumility LeadershipHumility And LeadershipPride And Arrogance Author:Saint Augustine
“Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility.” PersonsChristianEvilHumilityDevilChristian InspirationalChristian HumilityPride And Humility Book:The Works of Jonathan Edwards Source: The Works of Jonathan Edwards
“It is well known that obedience is the chief among the initiatory virtues, for first it displaces presumption and then it engenders humility within us. Thus it becomes, for those who willingly embrace it, a door leading to the love of God? Thus humility should be the first concern of those who are fighting against the presumption of the devil, for as we advance it will be a sure guide to all the paths of virtue.” ShouldFirstsWellsChristianFightingKnownVirtuePathDoorsHumilityDevilConcernEmbraceGuidesChiefsObedienceGod LoveOrthodoxWell KnownOrthodox ChristianPresumption Author:Diadochos of Photiki
“The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility...According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.” MindSelfStatesInspirationChristianEvilTalkingMoralVirtueTeacherHumilityPrideEssentialsDevilOppositesMereGreedVicesComparisonBitesState Of MindConceitDrunkennessFleasAnti GodChristian Teachers Author:C. S. Lewis
“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.” KnowsDoeChristianPowerfulPowerKnow HowHumilityWeaponsDevilCatholicSaintConquerDemonMost PowerfulCatholic SaintPowerful WeaponsChristian Humility Author:Vincent de Paul
“The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices. He is also afraid when we are humble and good. He is especially afraid when we love Jesus very much. He runs away when we make the Sign of the Cross.” RunningJesusSacrificeHumilityPrayingDevilCrossesCatholicHumbleRunning AwayJesus Love Author:Anthony of Padua
“And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.” SinHumilityPrideDevilDarlingApesGentilitySin Of Pride Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge