Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows

Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows

The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have read more

The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, read more

We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of
our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our
naked skins.

show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
you a hungry person

show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
you a hungry person

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the read more

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

One may be humble out of pride.

One may be humble out of pride.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.