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94. We have more opportunities of practicing humility than any other virtue. How many occasions of humbling ourselves we have secretly, in all places, at all times, at every turn ----- towards God, our fellow-men, and even towards ourselves! With regard to God: how much we have to be ashamed of in our ignorance and ingratitude towards Him, Receiving continual benefits as we do of His infinite goodness. Knowing as we do His supreme and infinite Majesty, deserving of all fear, His infinite goodness, all worthy of love, how much we ought to humble ourselves in the thought of how little we have fear and love for Him! With regard to our neighbor: if I be wicked, we humble ourselves by reflecting that we are capable of becoming suddenly worse than he, and in fact consider if pride already predominates within us. If I be good, we must humble ourselves in the thought That he corresponds better than we do to the grace of God and is better than we are by reason of his humility of heart. With regard to ourselves, we need never lack opportunities When we remember our past sins, or consider the faults we commit at present in our daily life, or even when we reflect upon our good works which are all tainted with imperfection, or When we think of the future so Filled With tremendous uncertainty: "I know how to be Brought low everywhere and in all things," [Phil. iv, 12] St. Paul says. It is  Necessary for us to form the good habit of renewing  frequently These acts of humility. Humility is Merely a virtuous habit, but how can we acquire this habit without making Repeated acts of humility? Like the habit of humility the habit of pride is acquired through frequent repetition of its acts, and in proportion as the habit of humility is Strengthened, the habit of pride Becomes  Weakened and diminished.