True humility is contentment.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Topics: Humility Quotes, Truth Quotes

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth...

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth...

A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought,...

A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought,...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling...

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling...

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are...

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we...

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we...

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...