Quotes About Humility

This is in line with what the Yalkut notes: when King David finished composing the Book of Psalms, he boasted to the Holy One, blessed be He, "Master of the Universe! Is there anything in the world that lifts up its voice in song like me?"—upon which a frog appeared before him and said, "Do not be so proud of yourself. I sing more than you do.

Sólo sé que no sé nada.

Y si el oráculo ha nombrado a Sócrates, sin duda se ha valido de mí nombre como un ejemplo, y como si dijese a todos los hombres: «El más sabio entre vosotros es aquel que reconoce, como Sócrates, que su sabiduría no es nada».

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

From the Gulistan Be not over much angry with thy slave; Treat him not unjustly, and pain not his feelings. True, thou mayst have bought him for ten direms; But 'twas not by thy power that he was created. There is a tradition of the Prophet--peace be upon him!--that on the day of the resurrection the greatest grief will be when the pious slave is carried to Paradise, and his worthless master is borne away to Hell.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Kimseyle hiçbir konuda yar?? halinde de?ilim. Kimseden ak?ll?, kimseden güzel, kimseden iyi olma gibi bir iddiam yok. Kimse için en de?ilim. Daha de?ilim. Bu devasa iddias?zl???n bana verdi?i özgürlü?ün hastas?y?m.

Ba?kas?na merhamet etmek, ondan daha kuvvetli oldu?unu zannetmektir ki, ne kendimizi bu kadar büyük, ne de ba?kalar?n? bizden daha zavall? görmeye hakk?m?z yoktur...

Sak?n tepenize bir s?rça kö?k kurmay?n?z. Ama günün birinde nas?lsa böyle bir s?rça kö?k kurulursa, onun y?k?lmaz, devrilmez bir ?ey oldu?unu sanmay?n. En heybetlisini tuz buz etmek için üç be? kelle f?rlatmak yeter.

Ba?kas?na merhamet etmek, ondan daha kuvvetli oldu?umuzu zannetmektir ki, ne kendimiz bu kadar büyük, ne de ba?kalar?n? bizden daha zavall? görmeye hakk?m?z yoktur.

He was as temptingly made as the first Adam must have been. God hadn't shirked his duties when creating Gideon Horn. No, indeed. In fact, she wondered if God hadn't put just a jot too much effort into it. He should have given the man something more useful than good looks and a treacherous charm. Humility, for example. She tried to imagine a humble Gideon, but it was impossible. Such a creature would be beyond even the Almighty's powers of imagination.

I have learned that trying again is important and decisivness is good. I have learned that silence hurts. I have learned about starting over and releasing pride.

It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that.

The little I know, I owe to my ignorance.

The west need someone to tell the man who walks around with the biggest stick in the world, that that stick can`t bring down God`s house.

I want you to understand: however big one is in the world, tomorrow morning if I fall dead or you fall dead, the world will go on just fine—maybe better—without us!

When everything you do is a success, you tend to start believing that the planets revolve around you, not the sun! And

It has always seemed to me odd that the world does not realize the immensity of a state of "I do not know.

If this solar system, in which we are, evaporates tomorrow morning, no one will even notice it in this Cosmos. It is that small, just a speck. In this speck of a solar system, Planet Earth is a micro speck. In that micro speck, the city you live in is a super-micro speck. In that, you are a big man.

When everything you do is a success, you tend to start believing that the planets revolve around you, not the sun!

I gave her just one guidance: "Never look up to anyone; never look down on anyone." If people practiced this simple sadhana, they would see everything just the way it is. If you look up to someone, you will exaggerate their positive qualities; if you look down on someone, you will exaggerate their negative qualities. But if you simply look—not for something, but just look—you will see things just as they are.

Kindness is unconquerable, so long as it is without flattery or hypocrisy. For what can the most insolent man do to you, if you contrive to be kind to him, and if you have the chance gently advise and calmly show him what is right...and point this out tactfully and from a universal perspective. But you must not do this with sarcasm or reproach, but lovingly and without anger in your soul.

Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility.