Humility is the forgetfulness of self.

To forget self is the hardest job on earth, but it doesn’t come about by trying.

Only God can bring our false self to an end.

The false self is an illusion. It is our way of conceiving who we are and what the world is.

Jesus said, “One who loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 10:39) .
He also said, “If anyone will come after me let him deny himself [that is, the false self], take up his cross and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24).
Where is Jesus going? He is going to the cross where even his Divine-Human Self is sacrificed.

Thomas Keating

The true significance of the word “meek” in the Bible is a mental attitude for which there is no other single word available, and it is this mental attitude which is the secret of “prosperity” or success in prayer.

It is a combination of open-mindedness, faith in God, and the realization that the Will of God for us is always something joyous and interesting and vital, and much better than anything we could think of for ourselves.

This state of mind also includes a perfect willingness to allow this Will of God to come about in whatever way Divine Wisdom considers to be best, rather than in some particular way that we have chosen for ourselves.

Emmet Fox, The Sermon on the Mount