"The people who hanged Christ never . . . accused Him of being a bore – on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium." --Dorothy Sayers

Humility frees us from the need to feel superior to others.
- We don't have to prove anything.
- We don't have to win everything.

Humility frees us from the need to be the center of attention.
- We don't have to be controlled by what others think.
- We don't have to always have our way.

Humility frees us from the need to earn God's favor.
- We don't have to depend on our goodness.
- We don't have to deny our sinfulness.

"The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is." --Phillip Brooks