Humility is the light of understanding.
JOHN BUNYAN
JOHN BUNYAN
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John BunyanJohn Bunyan If you release me today, I’ll preach tomorrow.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?
John BunyanJohn Bunyan To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one’s soul. Great knowledge is not enough.
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Humility, reverence, compassion, forbearance, sacrifice and self-control are the qualities that reveal the outcome of the true education.
Sai BabaSai Baba The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
SaadiSaadi When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
SaadiSaadi Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
John CalvinJohn Calvin It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.
Rachel CarsonRachel Carson God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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