#humility

Wish me everything that you can wish for the woman you dearly love, and I have as good as got it, John. I have better than got it, John. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#wealth #love

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue. ↗

— Martin Luther

#virtue

There is no such thing as a great man of God, only weak, pitiful, faithless men of a great and merciful God. ↗

— Paul Washer

#sovereignty-of-god #men

Son, never trust a man who doesn’t drink because he’s probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They’re the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They’re usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they’re a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can’t trust a man who’s afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It’s damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he’s heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl. ↗

— James Crumley

#drinking #humility #morality #philosophy #self-righteousness

Power is dangerous unless you have humility. ↗

— Richard J. Daley

#dangerous #humility #unless #you

If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show. ↗

— St. François de Sales

#humility #hypocrisy #pride #anger

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#bitten #dogs #get #gods #humility

True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. ↗

— Rick Warren

#purpose

The greatest wisdom consists in knowing one's own follies. ↗

— Madeleine De Souvre Sable

#learning #wisdom #humility

It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return. ↗

— Alex Lowe

#back #control #demand #humility #lack