St. John Chrysostom is the one who showed us "the height of humility". Humble himself - literally humble - he lived this virtue, even in exile. Therefore, he can guide us perfectly through his texts to humility, because "the Lord is pleased with such souls". It is the "greatest virtue of all" without which any other virtue loses its purpose. All the saints, especially the Apostle Paul, lived humility to an extreme degree. It is "the greatest security, an unbreakable fortress, an invincible tower" but also at the same time "an inexhaustible healing for the soul". [...] (from the introduction of the 1st edition)