Quotes about Others

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

True humility is the willingness to allow others to help judge our leanings, leadings and revelations.

When the only one who has a right to be angry chooses love and service, when He considers the interests of others more important than His own and chooses humility—He changes everything (p. 55).

Regarding other people, our problem is that we need them (for ourselves) more than we love them (for the glory of God). The task God sets for us is to need them less and love them more. Instead of looking for ways to manipulate others, we will ask God what our duty is toward them.

If something comes toward you with grace and can pass through you and toward others with grace, you can trust it as the voice of God.

The spiritual man in mythology, in literature and in the great world religions has an excess of life, he knows he has it, makes no apology for it, and finally recognizes that he does not even need to protect or guard it. It is not for him. It is for others. His life is not his own. His life is not about him. It is about God.

It is the egoic illusion of our own perfect rightness that often allows us to crucify others.

unlearning, letting go, surrendering, serving others, and not the language of self-development—which often lurks behind our popular notions of "salvation.

If you want to be important, serve others. And if you want to be at the top, then slave to help everyone else. The

It were a good strife amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others. Humble people are so focused on serving others, they don't think of themselves.

While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.