“Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.”

“Our humility before God has no value, except that it prepares us to reveal the humility of Jesus to our fellow men.”

“Humility is simply not thinking of ourselves at all.”

“Mackenzie, you cannot produce trust, just as you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not. Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. Because you do not know that I love you, you cannot trust me.”

“Unconsciously, I had prepared the perfect trap in which to catch and hold my soul.”

“Our genetic dispositions have a basis here- dispositions to dominate and to herd together for the sake of survival, to wander alone in hope of revelation, instinctively to seek more in order to allay fear of scarcity, and to stand silently, if only for a moment, in humility, and awe at all that exists beyond ourselves.”