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John Climacus Quotes about Humility

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Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons.

Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons.

John Climacus
Humility, Angel, Pride

Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility.

John Climacus
Humility, Resurrection, Obedience

Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it.

John Climacus
Humility, Men, Mourning

Humility is constant forgetfulness of one's achievements.

John Climacus
Humility, Achievement, Forgetfulness

An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by humility alone, without any other of the virtues.

John Climacus
Passion, Humility, Angel
Saint John (Climacus) (1959). “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”

Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate.

John Climacus
Humility, Pride, Devil

It is not the self -critical who reveals his humility ( for does not everyone have some how to put up with himself? ). Rather, it is the man who continues to love the person who has criticized him.

John Climacus
Humility, Men, Self

As fire does not give birth to snow, so those who seek honor here will not enjoy it in heaven... As those who climb a rotten ladder are in danger, so all honor, glory, and power are opposed to humility.

John Climacus
Humility, Fire, Snow

A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who have made progress - freedom from anger and patient endurance of injuries; and of the perfect - humility, thirst for dishonors, voluntary craving for involuntary afflictions, non- condemnation of sinners, compassion even beyond one's strength. The first are acceptable, the second laudable; but blessed are those who hunger for hardship and thirst for dishonor, for they shall be filled with the food whereof there can be no satiety.

John Climacus
Blessed, Humility, Compassion
Saint John (Climacus) (1959). “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”

A proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself.

John Climacus
Humility, Enemy, Needs
Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.210, Paulist Press

It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think they have conquered their passions and they find out how poor they really are only after they die.

John Climacus
Passion, Humility, Thinking
Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.210, Paulist Press

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