What A Man Is Before God, That He Is And No More

As Christ's true disciple, he was careful to preserve a low opinion of himself and appear worthless in the eyes of others, keeping in mind the words of the supreme Teacher, "What is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in God's sight" (Luke 16,15). He often used to remark, "What a man is before God, that he is and no more."