Quotes About Humility

The man who invented the Total Perspective Vortex did so basically in order to annoy his wife.

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now." Zaphod glared at her again, then laughed.

man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man – for precisely the same reasons.

It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man – for precisely the same reasons.

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.

there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man – for precisely the same reasons.

O Signore, la tua notte è così grande e la nostra rete così piccola.

Unlike most fine writers, he wasn't in love with his own words.

quotation from Einstein: 'The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.' I would suggest to Dr. Chauncy that in combination, the two qualities are even more alarming.

It's good to be reminded that hubris, left unchecked, can have serious consequences in our lives. If we don't notice soon enough, we might just realize too late that we've lost some very important things in our lives. The beauty of this story is that it reminds us: keep your feet firmly planted on the soil, keep your consciousness and your heart open, and stay available to this relative world and all the human beings within it.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

The wisest of the wise may err.

Borrowed plumes.

Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

There is always someone worse off than yourself.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.

Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that.

I dare say it is good for one now and again to realize what an idiot one can be! But no one relishes the process.

One must have consideration for those less gifted than oneself.