Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

你想起床吗?开始下降。你计划建造一座穿透云层的塔?首先要打下谦逊的基础。

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I don't claim to be someone that knows every verse in the Bible. I wish I did. I truly do. It just means I need to spend more time in those pages.

我并不是说我知道圣经中的每一节。我希望我有。我真正做的。这只是意味着我需要花更多的时间在那些页面上。

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

当羞耻心还在的时候,美德还没有完全在心中熄灭;温和也不会从暴君的头脑中完全消失。

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

我真希望我不是一个爱思考的人,而是一个不怕被拒绝的傻瓜。

Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.

谦卑是进入神的恩典和恩典的大门。