Jim Gaffigan Quotes

I've always thought of faith as an acknowledgment of not being the biggest thing in the universe.

The humble man makes room for progress; the proud man believes he is already there.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.

Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world- one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true.

When we conceive a new idea we are thinking directly from the creativity of God.

Asking for other's guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It's always important to check your ego and ask for help.

At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience. That really comes from my relationship with Islam because it just makes me really conscious of my action.

Relationships are our primary teacher. They are the context in which we either grow into God consciousness, or deny ourselves and others the opportunity to do so.

If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means that you are very conceited indeed.

What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it - the fact that He knows me.

Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.

If you want to be surrounded by Souls, become identified with your Soul. It takes one to know one!

God works through people. It’s not me.

I live in the space where God is. There is no question that that is why I am where I am, and why I have had the success that I've had, is because I allow myself to be guided by that which is greater than myself - than my personality.

Knowing you're a child of the creator of the universe changes everything.

It's a wrong idea that a master is a finished person. Masters are very faulty; they haven't learned everything and they know it.

You are always connected to Source. Wherever you are, wherever you go, you are always connected to Divine Wisdom, Divine Intelligence, and Divine Love.

When you turn to God you discover He has been facing you all the time.

When you put aside your preconceived ideas, your self-centered scale of values, and let intuition have its way with you, you open up by this act new levels of the world. Such an opening-up is the most practical of all activities.

Even in my prime, I need God in my life because without God, we're nothing.

I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion.

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.

We don’t discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves.

My hand is entirely the implement of a distant sphere. It is not my head that functions but something else, something higher, something somewhere remote. I must have great friends there, dark as well as bright. They are all very kind to me.

The minute a man is convinced he is interesting, he isn't.