There are some of you for whom the desire for human respect keeps you apart from your own conscience. If you are amongst these, take note that God sees within and that it is not possible to deceive God as witness, nor to escape from God as judge. (Letter 144, 3).
Look to that which is merely human and deprived in the man, and you will find lies and confusion. Don’t depend on yourself alone. Expose yourself to the light that comes from on high. If you stay closed in on yourself, you are seeking falsehood. The brow that bears the mark of insolent pride is undone and the brow marked with humility, like the cross of Christ, is victorious. (Sermon 32, 10).
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