HUMILITY
Humility is defined as the quality of not thinking that you
are better than other people. It is also
the quality of thinking that you are not as important as others.
Some common synonyms of humility are ---- modesty, meekness,
self-effacement, unpretentiousness and unobtrusiveness.
Humility is a spiritual virtue. It generates love and
affection, companionship and friendliness. Arrogance becomes the cause of estrangement
and repulsion.
Humility wins friends; arrogance loses them.
It is true to say that to be humble is to make a right estimate
of one’s self. The French critic Nicolas Boilleau (1636-1711) said: There is
but one road to lead us to God ----humility; all other ways would only lead
astray; even were they fenced in with all virtues.“
According to the English clergy William Mountford (1816-1885)
: It is from out of the depths of our humility that the height of destiny looks
grandest. Let me truly feel that in myself I am nothing and at once , through every inlet of my soul
, God comes in , and is everything in me.
The Persian poet Sheikh Saadi Shirazi (12o9/10---1291/92?) thinks that the beloved of the Almighty are
the rich who have the humility of the poor , and the poor who have the magnanimity
of the rich.
Finally, some of the best quotes on the subject are: “Humility
is the solid foundation of all virtues.” “We come nearest to the great when we
are great in humility.” True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps
us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by
reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be, “
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G.R.Kanwal
8th September 2024
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