Ingratitude produces pride while gratitude produces humility.
Orrin WoodwardTags: humility pride gratitude thankfulness
I too was pinched off from a piece of clay,
I too modeled by omnipotence and flanked
by things too wonderful for me
Tags: poetry god humility bible confession inadequacy job
Some people would rather die in their pride, than live in their humility.
Anthony Liccione... no sensitive Christian can be satisfied with a distinction between righteousness and unrighteousness drawn only between communities, with each individual belonging unambiguously on one or the other side of the line. The behavior of "the righteous" is often very disappointing, while "the unrighteous" regularly perform in a manner that is much better than our theology might lead us to expect of them. Thus the need for a perspective that allows for both a rather slow process of sanctification in the Christian life and some sort of divine restraint on the power of sin in the unbelieving community. These theological adjustments to a religious perspective that might otherwise betray strong Manichean tones provide us with yet another reason for openness to a broad-ranging dialogue: Christians have good grounds for believing that their own weakness can be corrected by encountering the strengths of others.
Richard J. MouwTags: humility christians dialogue nonbelievers
His way was like other people's; he mounted no high horse; he was just
a man and a citizen. He indulged in no Socratic irony. But his
discourse was full of Attic grace; those who heard it went away neither
disgusted by servility, nor repelled by ill-tempered censure, but on
the contrary lifted out of themselves by charity, and encouraged to
more orderly, contented, hopeful lives.
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I get it, you know. I'm operating on privilege too. It may be a number of notches down from yours but it's every bit as unearned. I think the trick is to never forget it.
Sabrina Vourvouliastrue humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing
Nassim Nicholas TalebTags: humility humbleness narcissism narcissists hollywood-culture true-humility
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."
[Modernism's Patriarch (Time Magazine, June 10, 1996)]
Tags: art doubt greatness self-esteem confidence humility fame introspection artists creative-process self-awareness depression self-delusion self-doubt narcissism insecurity self-esteem-or-lack-thereof self-doubts fame-and-fortune depression-humor cezanne great-art great-artist paul-cezanne
We need mystery. Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility, and humility is the foundation of all learning. So we do not seek to unravel this. We honour it by letting it be that way forever.”
The quote of a grandmother explaining The Great Mystery of the universe to her grandson.
Tags: learning humility wonder mystery awe letting-it-be
To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.
Eliezer YudkowskyTags: humility rationality modesty rationalism
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