Thursday, August 26, 2010

Of humility

No matter that we may mount on stilts, we still must walk on our own legs. And on the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
-Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)



Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

-St. Augustine (354-430)

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