“Quit acting like a wolf, and feel
the shepherd's love filling you.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
"A Community of the Spirit" in Ch. 1 : The Tavern, p. 2
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)
“Drive away with the hand of humility every transitory joy, as being unworthy of it, lest by readily admitting it you receive a wolf instead of a shepherd.”
7:57
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
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Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 30
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“At [Nero's] hands [Peter] received the crown of martyrdom being nailed to the cross with his head towards the ground and his feet raised on high, asserting that he was unworthy to be crucified in the same manner as his Lord.”
A quo et affixus cruci, martyrio coronatus est, capite ad terram verso, et in sublime pedibus elevatis: asserens se indignum qui sic crucifigeretur ut Dominus suus.
Jerome book De Viris Illustribus
Source: De Viris Illustribus, Chapter 1
“Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.”
William Blake Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Source: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
“Humility is a marvelous partner to joy. I hope you will discover the joy of serving others.”
Don Soderquist (1934–2016)
Don Soderquist “ Live Learn Lead to Make a Difference https://books.google.com/books?id=s0q7mZf9oDkC&lpg=pg=PP1&dq=Don%20Soderquist&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false, Thomas Nelson, April 2006 p. 67. <br class="br">On Keeping Humble
“Pride, like a shepherd, drives people where it pleases.”
Stobaeus Ancient Greek anthologist
iii. 22. 41
Quotes by and about Diogenes
“So in the dark of night a dense crowd of shepherds wards off a wolf from the steer he has caught.”
Sic densa lupum jam nocte sub atra
arcet ab apprenso pastorum turba juvenco.
Source: Thebaid, Book VIII, Line 691
