“If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then maybe our belief systems will make more sense and end up causing less suffering.” IfsWorldEndsSufferingBeliefUnderstandingLogicHumbleCertaintyUncertaintyComplexityAssumptionReasoningBelief SystemsOntology Author:Moby
“The humble person is open to being corrected, whereas the arrogant is clearly closed to it. Proud people are supremely confident in their own opinions and insights. No one can admonish them successfully: not a peer, not a local superior, not even the pope himself. They know - and that is the end of the matter. Filled as they are with their own views, the arrogant lack the capacity to see another view.” PeopleKnowsPersonsEndsMatterViewsOpinionProudCapacityFilledHumbleInsightLocalsSuperiorsArrogantPeersPopeAdmonishHumble Person Book:Authenticity: A Biblical Theology of Discernment Source: Authenticity: A Biblical Theology of Discernment
“The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality! The poor, the slave, and the humble can eat the Lord.” EndsRealityPoorLordWonderfulMankindAngelSlaveHumbleBreadHeavenlySacraments Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Men, not children or servants, tempered and taught to the end; Cleansed of servile panic, slow to dread or despise, Humble because of knowledge, mighty by sacrifice.” MenChildrenEndsSacrificeTaughtHumbleServantDespiseDreadPanic Book:Stories and Poems Source: Stories and Poems