Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.
Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation.
Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.
Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.
I think it's noteworthy that the Almighty didn't act high and mighty. The Holy One wasn't holier-than-thou. The One who knew it all wasn't a know-it-all. The One who made the stars didn't keep his head in them. The One who owns all the stuff of earth never strutted it.
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.
