The humble is not able to be mean or to hate. He doesn’t have enemies. If someone brings him trouble he sees in him the tool of the right judgement or of the heavenly care.

The humble entrusts himself in the will of God

The humble doesn’t live his own life but the life of God

The humble doesn’t trust himself, he trusts in the help of God and in prayer

The fruit-bearing branch bends toward the ground, under the weight of its fruits

The barren branch goes up, multiplying its barren vines

The soul which is rich in evangelical virtues plunges deeper into humility, in the depths of the sea where the most precious pearls are found: the gifts of God.

(Translated from Cum să biruim mândria, traducere din limba rusă de Adrian Tănăsescu-Vlas, Editura Sophia, București, 2010, pp. 131-132)