Francis de Sales Quote

The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage, but to give the more glory to God's Divine Majesty, and to esteem one's neighbour more highly than one's self.


Introduction to the Devout Life: (ed. Catholic Way Publishing, 2015) - ISBN: 9781783794485


The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or...

The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or...

The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or...

The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or...