“Discard the protective rags of that vice which you called a virtue: humility. Learn to value yourself, which means: to FIGHT for your happiness, and when you learn that pride is the sum of all virtues, you will learn to live like a man.” MenMeanValuesFightingVirtueHumilityPrideSelf LoveVicesProtectiveRagsValue Yourself Author:John Galt
“Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value of art is not beauty, but right action.” IfsMenArtActionValuesTeachHumilityArt IsToleranceValue Of LifeRight ActionMagnanimityGreat Value Book:Mr. Maugham Himself Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
“The world, we are told, was made especially for man - a presumption not supported by all the facts... Why should man value himself as more than a small part of the one great unit of creation?” MenWorldShouldMadeFactsValuesCompassionCreationHumilityVeganUnitsStewardshipVeganismPresumptionSmall Parts Book:The range of light: photographs Source: The range of light: photographs
“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
“We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends for modesty, freshness, and simplicity of heart. Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility - in other people.” PeopleKnowsHeartMayReasonValuesHumilityDivineEgoGlorySimplicityModestyFreshnessNuisance Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton