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

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

I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the
other be where read more

I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the
other be where he may.

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about
anything, and that all the read more

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about
anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to
verify my notions have only wasted my time.

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.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn read more

O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn humility.

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.