“In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that yo

“In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your peace of heart. As soon as you compare that shadow with the shadows of other people, you lose all joy, because you have begun to trade in unrealities and there is no joy in things that do not exist.”

—Thomas Merton, with thanks to louie, louie. Photo found at OSV Newsweekly.