"Humility, which is a virtue, is always fruitful in good works."

-- Thomas the Apostle

#Humility Quotes #Virtue Quotes #Good Work Quotes

“If you have a sombrero, throw it to the sky!”
“There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.”
“There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife â€” a tyrannical midwife.”

Source : Stephen Spender's lecture at Brooklyn College, as quoted in "The New York Times", November 20, 1984.
“I didn't even know how to shave at 15.”
“Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest - is that too much power and control rests in the hands of people whose private interests are directly affected by the Federal Reserves' actions.”
“Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being, and you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you...you are -we all are-the beloved of the beloved, and in every moment, in every event of your life , the Beloved is whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know. Who can ever explain this miracle? It simply is.”
“We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be secure in our property if, without our consent, others may, as by right, take it away; taxes imposed on us by Parliament do thus take it away.”
“Your skin is so soft. Smells like...-She had to tilt him to get this other arm free and hated knowing how badly she was hurting him as she did so. Sheer, unadulterated fear?”

Source : Cherry Adair (2011). “Hush”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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