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humility responsibility guilt
Don’t nurture a sense of guilt; rather, nurture a sense of responsibility married with a sense of humility. Tariq Ramadan
humility names empathy
Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has a thousand names and is by my side at every window.
humility men endless
Do not let me hear Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession, Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God. The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless. T. S. Eliot
humility men long
So far as a man may be proud of a religion rooted in humility, I am very proud of my religion; I am especially proud of those parts of it that are most commonly called superstition. I am proud of being fettered by antiquated dogmas and enslaved by dead creeds (as my journalistic friends repeat with so much pertinacity), for I know very well that it is the heretical creeds that are dead, and that it is only the reasonable dogma that lives long enough to be called antiquated. Gilbert K. Chesterton
humility greatness men
Some men who know that they are great are so very haughty withal and insufferable that their acquaintance discover their greatness only by the tax of humility which they are obliged to pay as the price of their friendship. Charles Caleb Colton
humility passion pride
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility. David Hume
humility math reality
We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori. Carl Friedrich Gauss
humility understanding quality
Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy. Aaron Swartz
humility long remembrance
Another observation, in a former letter of yours, has not escaped my remembrance – the three lessons which a minister has to learn: 1. Humility. 2. Humility. 3. Humility. How long are we learning the true nature of Christianity! Charles Simeon
compassion desire embrace individual moves scope self universal
Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self. Arnold Toynbee
compassion people abuse
"Sentimentalist" is the abuse with which people counter the accusation that they are cruel, thereby implying that to be sentimental is worse that to be cruel, which it isn't. Brigid Brophy
compassion tolerance toleration
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none. Edmund Burke
compassion fire stealing
We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it. Rumi
compassion literature fairness
Fair and softly goes far. Miguel de Cervantes
compassion regimes harder
You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder. Nadine Gordimer
compassion people empathy
Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives. Oprah Winfrey
compassion should-have young
We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young. Margaret Atwood
compassion love-is fruit
The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action. Mother Teresa
unhappy should sufism
Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.
unhappy paradise fool
It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise. Fyodor Dostoevsky
unhappy being-unhappy
Happiness to me is simply not being unhappy. Jasper Carrott