humility Quotes

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn't.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.