“Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.” MotherChristianityVirtueTeacherHumilityRootsFoundationNurseBishops Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“The mother must set the example in holding out the shrine as the heart of the house hold! She must enforce discipline over the children in personal cleanliness in humility and hospitality, in good manners and acts of service.” HeartChildrenMotherHouseExampleHumilityDisciplineMannersGood ManHospitalityCleanlinessGood MannersShrinesActs Of Service Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who is humble easily obeys everyone, fears to offend anyone, is at peace with everyone, is kind with all.” KindMotherBornVirtueHumilityHumbleObedienceReverenceModestyMeekness Author:Thomas of Villanova
“I have respect for mother nature's methods of robustness (billions of years allow most of what is fragile to break); classical thought is more robust (in its respect for the unknown, the epistemic humility) than the modern post-Enlightenment naïve pseudoscientific autism. Thus my classical values make me advocate the triplet of erudition, elegance, and courage; against modernity's phoniness, nerdiness and philistinism” YearsMotherValuesBreakModernHumilityEnlightenmentMethodBillionsPostsFragileAutismEleganceModernityMother NatureRobustEruditionTripletNerdiness Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb