The sexual mechanisms of the two genders are just not compatible, that’s the horrible truth of it. (...)
This is a truth we dare not acknowledge these days - because sameness is our religion and heretics are no more welcome now than they ever were - but I’m going to acknowledge it, because I’ve always felt that humility before the facts is the only thing that keeps a rational man together. Be humble in the face of facts, and proud in the face of opinions, as George Bernard Shaw once said.
He didn’t, actually. I just wanted to put some authority behind this observation of mine, because I know you’re not going to like it.
Tag: sex humility rationality
Every subject's duty is the King's; but every subject's soul is his own. Therefore, should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man in his bed, wash every mote out of his conscience; and dying so, death is to him advantage; or not dying, the time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gained; and in him that escapes, it were no sin to think that, making God so free an offer, He let him outlive the day to see His greatness and to teach others how they should prepare.
William ShakespeareTag: eternity death safety humility mortality
He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both.
William ShakespeareTag: kindness humility bravery meekness graciousness
When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction.
Criss JamiTag: certainty persistence belief confidence faith humility attitude perseverance definition pride regret apology regrets faithfulness conviction willpower apology-and-attitude
How sweet is that? I know I'm no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I have to say that assuming that a person will have forgotten your name is way high on my "indicators of humbleness" list (not that I have one, but I totally have a starting point now).
Ally CarterTag: humility names humbleness
When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.
Ken FollettWhen you really have something to offer to the world, then you can become truly humble. A tree when it has no fruit to offer, remains erect. But when the tree is laden with fruit, it bends down. If you are all pride and ego, then nobody will be able to get anything worthwhile from you. When you have genuine humility, it is a sign that you have something to offer to mankind.
Sri ChinmoyTag: humility
True humility means giving joy to others.
Sri ChinmoyCould mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!
E.A. BucchianeriTag: wisdom truth knowledge learning stupidity humility mankind philosophical limitations gadfly stupidity-of-man
I found the whole modern world talking scientific fatalism; saying that everything is as it must always
have been, being unfolded without fault from the beginning. The leaf on the tree is green because it could
never have been anything else. Now, the fairy-tale philosopher is glad that the leaf is green precisely because
it might have been scarlet. He feels as if it had turned green an instant before he looked at it.
Tag: humility wonder creativity creation gratitude
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