“Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism.”

“If he exalts himself, I humble him.If he humbles himself, I exalt him.And I go on contradicting himUntil he understandsThat he is a monster that passes all understanding.”

“Jesus Christ and St Paul possess the order of charity, not of the mind, for they wished to humble, not to teach.”

“Jesus is a God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.”

“We must sit by these rivers, not under or in them, but above, not standing upright, but sitting down, so that we remain humble by sitting, and safe by remaining above.”

“Know then, proud man, what a paradox you are to yourself. Be humble, impotent reason! Be silent, feeble nature! Learn that man infinitely transcends man, hear from your master your true condition, which is unknown to you.”

“Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything.”