The Virtue of External Humility

In order to receive the grace of God into our hearts, they must be emptied of vanglory. In like manner, humility repels Satan while preserving the graces and gifts of the Holy Ghost within us. All the saints have always honored and loved this worthy virtue more than any other moral virtue. There are people who become proud and insolent because they ride a good horse, wear a feather in their hat, or are dressed in fine clothes. But who does not see the folly of this? If there be any glory in such things, it belongs to the horse, the bird, and the tailor.