Quotes about Humility

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

I don't pretend to understand the universe — it's much bigger than I am.

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

In the United States everyone feels assured of his worth as an individual. No one humbles himself before another person or class. Even the great difference in wealth, the superior power of a few, cannot undermine this healthy self-confidence and natural respect for the dignity of one's fellow-man.

Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and chiff-chaffs! What presumption! Why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut and let the birds preach to him?

But if God invites and expects all his children—regardless of their age, IQ, education, or resources—to do the same thing—to pray—then prayer has to be simple.

Meditation on the bus. Rainy and cold. Thinking gloomily of the sins and shortcomings of others, it suddenly came to me to remember my own offenses, just as heinous as those of others. If I concern myself with my own sins and lament them, if I remember my own failures and lapses, I will not be resentful of others. This was most cheering and lifted the load of gloom from my mind. It makes one unhappy to judge people and happy to love them.

If the way of spiritual childhood became general, who does not see how easily would be realized the reformation of human society...

Don't call us saints, we don't want to be dismissed that easily.

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.

Do not condemn the man that cannot think or act as fast as you can, because there was a time when you could not do things as well as you can today.

Man's insulting God is not reversed by our insulting man.