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Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
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"Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue."
John Chrysostom, *Homilies on Philippians*>
"If you have seen the name of a brother, if you have observed his life, if his conversation has become known to you, then know that the measure of your charity is the measure of your prayer for him. He who loves much prays much; he who feels little prays little."
Bernard of Clairvaux, *On the Song of Songs*>
Christians are not distinguished from the rest of mankind by country, or by speech, or by custom. For they do not dwell in cities of their own, or use some strange form of speech, or practice a peculiar mode of life. … They dwell in their own countries, but only as sojourners. They take part in all things as citizens, and endure all things as aliens. Every foreign land is their fatherland, and every fatherland is a foreign land. … In a word, what the soul is in the body, that is what Christians are in the world.
*The Letter to Diognetus*, Chapter 5 (c. 130 AD)>
"Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all."
William TempleIf you stopped keeping score -- of effort, of recognition, of who owes whom -- what would actually change in the way you love the people in front of you today?
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"Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?"
Marcus Aurelius, *Meditations*, Book 10.30St. Clair, Michigan: -- Sunny, 43°F (6°C), Humidity 91%, Wind: SE 3 mph