"I do not know myself and God forbid that I should" — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self

Source: Gleanings Among the Sheaves, Humility (1869)

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

Source: Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit

When it is a question of God's almighty spirit, never say "I can't"

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