“The evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of the evolution of death offers me helpful ways to think about my own death.” ThinkingWayUnderstandingMy OwnMysteryHumilityEvolutionOffersIncreaseResponseCosmosHelpfulInvokeBiodiversity Book:The Sacred Depths of Nature Source: The Sacred Depths of Nature
“Science remains the author of our major problem, in its gift of tremendous power that has been terribly abused; but for the wise use of this power we need more, not less, of the objective dispassionate scientific spirit. For our philosophical purposes we need more of its integrity and its basic humility, its respect at once for the fact and the mystery.” NeedsHas BeensFactsUseProblemSpiritPurposeWiseMysteryAtheismHumilityIntegrityMajorsPhilosophicalRemainsPositive AtheismObjectivesMajor ProblemsDispassionate Author:Herbert J. Muller
“Draw nigh to the righteous, and through them you will draw nigh to God. Communicate with those who possess humility, and you will learn morals from them. A man who follows one who loves God becomes rich in the mysteries of God; but he who follows an unrighteous and proud man gets far away from God, and will be hated by his friends.” MenInspirationalChristianReligiousMoralRichMysteryHumilityProudDrawsCommunicateGod LoveHatedOrthodoxRighteousFar AwayBecome RichProud ManMystery Of God Author:Isaac of Nineveh
“The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.” GodFeelingsWonderMysteryJourneyHumilityRemainsSaintLife JourneyLife Is A JourneyUnderstanding GodNew Journey Author:Teresa of Avila
“We must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of creation, and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For I do not doubt that it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.” WorldAbleAbilityDoubtMysteryConditionsCreationHumilitySpeciesAcknowledgeArroganceAweAbandonReverenceMajesty Book:The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry Source: The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
“In my experience, professionals who are best in any field approach their work with humility. They know that their work is more than just a job. It's an exploration of life. Even on days when they feel most confident, things can go wrong. Sometimes even the good things that happen are a mystery - a surprise. There are always elements outside our control. That's humbling - or should be.” KnowsFeelsShouldSometimesHappensJobsMysteryFieldsHumilityElementsApproachGood ThingsSurpriseExplorationHumbling Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from the point of rest in ourselves. Then, how much disappears, and all that remains falls into place. In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.” MenWorldWayFirstsBookRealityFallSimpleMysteryTreeHumilityJudgingAll ThingsRelationIndependenceRemainsSacredSimplicityCloudsDisappearRichesEncountersRevelationsCosmosGlimpseSyllablesFall Into PlaceAll That Remains Author:Dag Hammarskjold