HUMILITY IS POWER

 

HUMILITY IS POWER

Humility sounds like weakness but it is not so. It is power. It is a divine virtue. It is the antonym of arrogance which can never become unassailable. It looks odd that man who is a mere handful of dust should boast, brag and act egotistically.

An arrogant person behaves lordly, imperiously, disdainfully, blusteringly and overbearingly. He remains far from God who is Almighty but not boastful. He is gentle and merciful.

Humility is a virtue, whereas arrogance is a vice. Humility makes a right estimate of itself; arrogance over-estimates itself.

Look at the following thoughts on humility.

*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. ----French critic Nicolas  Boileau (1636-1711).

* It is from out of the depths of our humility that the height of our 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. ---English clergy, William Mountford (1816-1885).

*God walks with the humble; he reveals himself to the lowly; he gives understanding to the little ones; he discloses His meaning to pure minds, but hides His grace from the curious and the proud. ---German-Dutch Catholic Monk and Theologian Thomas a Kempis       (1380-1471).

*Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues. ---Chinese philosopher and political scientist (551 BCE-479 BCE).

*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. ---Persian poet Sheikh Saadi  Shirazi (Born 1210--?)

            Finally, this famous quote: True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves.

 

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G.R.Kanwal

29 December 2024