Activity Quote by Michel de Montaigne

...we rarely confide in those who are better than we. Rather, we are more inclined to flee their society. Most often, on the other…

— Albert Camus

“This is so true that we rarely confide in those who are better than we. Rather, we are more inclined to flee their society.…

— Albert Camus

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.

— Thomas Jefferson

What touches our hearts and impresses us deeper is sacrifice and humility, when we see someone accept the higher principle of cooperation, putting aside…

— Radhanath Swami

Surely, 'tis one step towards acting well, to think worthily of our nature; and as in common life, the way to make a man…

— Laurence Sterne

“We rarely confide in those who are better than we. Most often, on the other hand, we confess to those who are like us…

— Albert Camus

Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.

— Plutarch

“Obedience and humility require courage and strength of character. Weakness and fear cause one to fall back on his or her pride, which results…

— Sienna McQuillen

While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on…

— Heinrich Heine

Humility enables us to learn from each other.

— Bill Hybels

We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high or…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“It is easier to compare oneself, to establish social exchange as that swapmeet of glory and contempt where each person receives a superiority in…

— Jacques Rancière