Quotes About Humility

Kings and philosophers shit, and so do ladies. Even on the highest throne in the world, we are seated still upon our arses.

If any one be in rapture with his own knowledge, looking only on those below him, let him but turn his eye upward towards past ages, and his pride will be abated, when he shall there find so many thousand wits that trample him under foot.

One may be humble out of pride.

You should study more to understand that you know little.

there is nothing in the whole world madder than bringing matters down to the measure of our own capacities and potentialities. How

La presunción es nuestra enfermedad natural y primera. La más frágil y discutible de las criaturas es el hombre, y a la vez la más orgullosa

To learn that one has said or done a foolish thing, that is nothing; one must learn that one is nothing but a fool, a much more comprehensive and important lesson.

Kendinden söz etmeyi kötü görmek, yasak etmek adet olmuÅŸtur; çünkü kendinden söz etmek her zaman kendini övmek gibi görünür; kendini övmekse herkesin z?dd?na gider. Ama kendinden söz etmeyi yasak etmek, çocuÄŸun burnunu silecek yerde, bununu koparmak olur.

A falta de educação, a ignorância, a simplicidade de espírito, a franqueza aliam-se em geral à ingenuidade. A curiosidade, a sutileza, o saber acarretam a malícia. A humildade, o temor, a obediência, a bondade elevada até a fraqueza e que constitui o alicerce sobre o qual assenta a conservação da sociedade humana, são peculiares a uma alma vazia, dócil, e presumindo pouco de si.

There is a plague on Man: his opinion that he knows something.

The most calamitous and fragile of all creatures is man, and yet the most arrogant....Is it possible to imagine anything so ridiculous as that this pitiful, miserable creature, who is not even master of himself, should call itself master and lord of the universe?

Ik heb gemerkt dat wij in de leerschool van de menselijke samenleving vaak de volgende fout maken: wij zijn er meer op uit onze eigen persoon op de voorgrond te stellen dan om anderen te doorgronden, en wij getroosten ons meer moeite om onze koopwaar aan de man te brengen dan om nieuwe voorraad in te slaan. Je kunt wijs zijn zonder ophef te maken, zonder aanstoot te geven.

jamás la filosofía me parece tan razonable como cuando combate y reconoce nuestra presunción y vanidad, cuando de buena fe confiesa la irresolución, debilidad e ignorancia humanas.

Et au plus eslevé throne du monde, si ne sommes assis, que sus notre cul

Forgive me, Lord, for the smallness and selfishness of my mind. Amen.

Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting than yours

Reinhold Niebuhr

I am not a professional historian: nobody is perfect.

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

Meg, I'm not suddenly some kind of all-knowing dragon expert, you know.

A sense of entitlement could be getting in the way of God blessing you.

Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers of all time, took his whole life to get to the point where he said, "As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

Llega un momento en la vida en que nos cansamos de necesitar tener siempre la razón, sobre todo cuando vemos que la necesidad de alimentar el ego afecta nuestras relaciones con quienes deseamos tener por amigos, cuyas bellas almas no desean más que querernos.

BilmediÄŸimiz ÅŸeylere bilmiyoruz demesini bilmek gerek.