My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility about beauty and how to make gumbo.
Personally I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude humility understanding.
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity modesty and humility a gracious temper and calmness of spirit and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger there the sweetest pain here consuming hatred there the childlike smile of serene humility.
I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying 'Does this suck?' and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think 'I'm on fire I'm amazing!' and I don't think that's the way to work.
I really have a great deal of humility in that department and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.