“The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly hostile opposites. The churches are arrogance, violence, usurpation, rigidity, death; Christianity is humility, penitence, submissiveness, progress, life.” ChristianNamesChurchCommonChristianityProgressViolenceHumilityOppositesChristian LifeArroganceHostileRigidityChristian ChurchUsurpationPenitence Author:Leo Tolstoy
“Without humility, all spiritual progress stops.” SpiritualProgressHumilityBuddhismBuddhistEtiquetteSpiritual Progress Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be our progress, and the more real our humility.” RealCertainPovertyGreaterProgressHumilityConfessing Book:The Life of St. Teresa of Avila Source: The Life of St. Teresa of Avila
“The sacred gift of prayer is in the right hand of our Savior, and according to the measure that you empty yourself of yourself, that is of love of your senses and of your own will, and make progress in rooting yourself in holy humility, to that extent the Lord will speak to your heart.” HeartHandsSpeakPrayerLordProgressHumilityHolyEmptySacredSensesSavior Author:Pio of Pietrelcina