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A Humble But Worthy Goal

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Carl Sagan, Cosmic Purpose, Goals, Home, Humility, Lessons, Passengers, Philosophy, Quotes, Science, Unknown, Voyage on May 8, 2026| 2 Comments »

Modern science has been a voyage into the unknown, with a lesson in humility waiting at every stop. Many passengers would rather have stayed home.

If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.

— Carl Sagan

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The Devil Must Be Giving #47:DonTheFelon A Bear Hug

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged #47:DonTheFelon, Humility, Jonathan Edwards, Philosophy, Quotes, The Devil on October 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.

— Jonathan Edwards

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It’s Tightening On The American Working Class

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged Disrespect, God, Humility, Man, Noose, Philosophy, Politics, Poverty, Quotes, Sioux Nation, Sioux Proverb on December 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man.

–– Sioux Nation (proverb)

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Actually, It’s The Other Way Around

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Compassion, Courage, Foundation, Humility, Integrity, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Risks, Strength, Wisdom on April 4, 2023| 2 Comments »

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

— Mark Twain

[I believe integrity is the foundation of courage. — kmab]

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Humble Learning

Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Humility, Learning, Philosophy, Progress, Quotes, Talmud, Tongue, Wisdom on October 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Teach your tongue to say I do not know and you will progress.

— Talmud

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Sometimes I’m Confused

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confusion, Humility, Joan Chittister, Philosophy, Quotes on January 31, 2022| 2 Comments »

Humble persons know what they are and what they aren’t, what they have and what they don’t have, and they never confuse the two.

— Joan Chittister

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Feeling Humble

Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Albert Einstein, Faith, Humility, Laws of the Universe, Philosophy, Quotes, Science on July 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.

― Albert Einstein

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Too High For #45

Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, Humility, John J. McCloy, Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, Self-Respect on August 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Humility leads to strength and not weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

— John J. McCloy

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A Humbling Learning Process

Posted in Education, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Dr. Anthony Fauci, Humility, Leadership, Learning, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, New Data, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science on August 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »

As a scientist, the thing you must always do is to be humble enough to know that when you get additional information, even information that might conflict what was felt earlier on, you then change your viewpoint and you change your recommendations based on the data. That’s what science is all about. Science is a learning process.

— Dr. Anthony Fauci
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Six Reasons Why #DumbDonald Will Always Be A Failure

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, Charity, Courtesy, Dr. William Menninger, Failure, Humility, Personal Integrity, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Sincerity, Success, Wisdom on December 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, Personal Integrity, Humility, Courtesy, Wisdom, Charity.

— Dr. William Menninger

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The Limits Of My Knowledge

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Emotions, Humility, Knowledge, Limits, Phil Klay, Philosophy, Quotes, Rage, The Enduring Emptiness Of Our Public Rage, Time Magazine on September 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Rage is a dangerous emotion, not simply because it can be destructive but because it can be so easily satisfied with cheap targets. Like my friend who picks fights online, I’m a veteran. I know people who have been injured or killed overseas. I’ve seen the damage bombs wreak on the bodies of innocent civilians. And, yes, it fills me with rage. But if that rage is to mean anything, it means I cannot distract myself with the illusion of adjudicating past wrongs with artfully phrased put-downs. In a world where we are still at war, the most important question is, What do we do now? There the moral certainty of my rage must be met with humility about the limits of my knowledge.

— Phil Klay
From his Opinion / Editorial: “The Enduring Emptiness Of Our Public Rage“
Appearing in: Time Magazine; dtd: 5 November 2018
Online at: https://time.com/5434373/phil-klay-american-public-rage/

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Some Basic Virtues

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Anthony Bourdain, Basic Virtues, Beliefs, Curiosity, Empathy, Humility, Mercy, Philosophy, Quotes on August 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »

I believe in some basic virtues, you know? Mercy, humility, curiosity, empathy.

— Anthony Bourdain

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And Stable Genius, Too

Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, Humility, Politics, Pretense, Quotes, Saint Francis de Sales on February 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »

True humility makes no pretense of being humble, and scarcely ever utters words of humility.

— Saint Francis de Sales

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Grateful Humility

Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Community, Gratitude, Human Behavior, Humility, Jeffrey Kluger, Mother Nature the uniter briefly eclipses the nation's divisions, Quotes, Science, Solar Eclipse, Time Magazine, Totality Eclipse on November 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »

And yet, it’s a happier fact of human behavior that all tribes are separated less by walls than by membranes, and those membranes can break and the tribes combine as easily as two raindrops running down a windshield that need merely touch to merge. But something must make the touching happen — and not many things can.
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And if it made us small? If it made us feel that we are of less consequence, less magnitude, than we usually think we are? Well, good. Humility was part of the veil of peace that was drawn over the country on Aug. 21. So was community. And so, it would be nice to think, was gratitude.

— Jeffrey Kluger
From his article: “Mother Nature, the uniter, briefly eclipses the nation’s divisions“
Describing the 21 August 2017, totality eclipse for Time Magazine dtd: 4 September 2017

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Challenging Legacy

Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Quotes, tagged Accomplishments, Challenges, Happy Birthday Sarah, Humility, Legacy, Naveen Jain, Quotes on March 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one’s humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.

— Naveen Jain

[Sarah, Happy Birthday!!
Love Always,
Mum & Dad
— kmab]

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