HUMILITY by Bernard of Clairvaux

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 10, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 35.

HUMILITY.

By Bernard of Clairvaux

HUMILITY is the grace whereby out of the truest heart knowledge a man becomes vile unto himself. The root of humility is a deep sense of our own utter unworthiness,—not

making humble speeches about ourselves to others, and pretending to do humble things for others, but having humble thoughts about ourselves in our own hearts, and taking our place with the lowest and least, because we deeply feel that that is the place that belongs of right to us.—Bernard of Clairvaux.