Vainglory is a hidden evil, unseen hypocrisy, fatal plague, worms which spoil the good works and lying arrogance which depict us in an untrue picture, and fantasies virtues and gifts which is not in us or even know it, and blinds us of our weaknesses! Vainglory is a pro-thief, which steals all our goods, and …
Do not boast by who you are, or the honorable family you are related to. What good will all this do to you, and how will these honorable relations and positions do if you are not virtuous yourself? Let virtue itself and alone be the true honor, which you relate to. Do you want to …
God said; “I will halt the arrogance of the proud, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible” (Isaiah 13:11). Do not boast or be proud or become arrogant by your power or strength, no matter how powerful you may be. For the Lord put down the proud, and make low the haughty, see …
The wise man once said; “Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain” (Proverbs 31:30). Many of the things glorifying the Creator in His creation are its beauty and its charm. But many are attracted to beauty without giving glory to God for His fine creation. O, what a pity, the beauty of Absalom’s hair and …
St. Archdeacon Habib Guirguis “Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips” (Proverbs 27:2). “To seek one’s own glory is not glory” (Proverbs 25:27). The one who boasts by his good work and accepts praise for it, without mentioning his ‘falling short of’, is like the …
