"Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue. And so pride, or the loss of this humility, is the root of every sin and evil."

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Source : Andrew Murray (2009). “Humility”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com

Andrew Murray

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“Happy the heart to whom God has given enough strength and courage to suffer for Him, to find happiness in simplicity and the happiness of others.”
“We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image there is another, and yet another behind the last one, and so on, up to the true image of that absolute, mysterious reality that no one will ever see.”
“Commanding goodness and forbiding to do evil (are) for the amendment and correction of society and the common folks.”

Source : "Ayan al-Shī'ah". Book by Fatima bint Muhammad, vol.1, p. 316,
“I have no TV, thank God. I haven't heard anything about Tom Cruise, except that he had a baby, I think.”
“A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper; the work should be painstaking, laborious.”
“I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you will hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. This is the sure way to win victories over inner defeat. It is the way a humble person meets life or death.”
“I love performing, but I never really liked show business. My success is my family. I want to be more successful as a mother.”
“A photograph is the illusion of a literal description of how the camera 'saw' a piece of time and space.”

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