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He is truly great
who is great in love.
He is truly great
who is little of himself,
and who makes no account
of any height of honour.
He is truly wise
who accounts all earthly things
"but dung, that he may win Christ."
And he is truly very learned
who does the will of God
and forsakes his own will.
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~ Thomas a Kempis, "The Imitation of Christ"

Related: Graduation prayer