Humility's opposite, arrogance is an unjustified and inflated (immoderate) sense of self, sometimes expressed as grandiosity. ... Read More about Arrogance
Week 05: Humility
Being Mindful
Mindfulness is to be aware of everything you do every day. Mindfulness is a kind of light that shines upon all your thoughts, all your feelings, all your actions, and all your words. [Thich Nhat Hanh, ... Read More about Being Mindful
Living in Equanimity
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and ... Read More about Living in Equanimity
Being Patient
. . . adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience. [Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Education"] Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, ... Read More about Being Patient
Forbearing
If anyone who has been once or twice warned remains obdurate, do not argue with him . . . [Thomas à Kempis , The Imitation of Christ (ca. 1450).] During the next half-century and more, my race ... Read More about Forbearing
Being Skeptical, Entertaining Doubt: Being Intellectually Humble
The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself, is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity, without panic and undue fear. [Erich Fromm] Ignorance more frequently ... Read More about Being Skeptical, Entertaining Doubt: Being Intellectually Humble
Being Modest
The houses are haunted By white night-gowns. None are green, Or purple with green rings, Or green with yellow rings, Or yellow with blue rings. None of them are strange, With socks of lace And beaded ... Read More about Being Modest
Being Humble
Humility -- true humility -- is one of the most expansive and life-enhancing of all virtues. It does not mean undervaluing yourself. It means valuing other people. It signals a certain openness to ... Read More about Being Humble