Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


"Humility, Jane," said he, "is the groundwork of Christian virtues:
you say right that you are not fit for the work. Who is fit for
it? Or who, that ever was truly called, believed himself worthy
of the summons? I, for instance, am but dust and ashes. With St.
Paul, I acknowledge myself the chiefest of sinners; but I do not
suffer this sense of my personal vileness to daunt me. I know
my Leader: that He is just as well as mighty; and while He has
chosen a feeble instrument to perform a great task, He will, from
the boundless stores of His providence, supply the inadequacy of
the means to the end. Think like me, Jane -- trust like me. It
is the Rock of Ages I ask you to lean on: do not doubt but it will
bear the weight of your human weakness."

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