#humble

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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One may be humble out of pride. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be. ↗

— John Templeton

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I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#humble #let us #little #may #perhaps

At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick. ↗

— Al Pacino

#career #children #deal #feel #get

I think Aussies try to stay humble. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

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Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the 'bus, I have had, perhaps, exceptional opportunities for observing their mutual position and behaviour; and it is very peculiar. ↗

— James Payn

#bus #cultivating #driven #driving #exceptional

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

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