Whatever happened to humility? And why should we care? Humility helps us see the common good. Take masking during the pandemic: all the messaging was, “Wear a mask to protect others.” ...

Humility puts us in our place ... using political positions and social policy as a stand-in for virtue. In the last few weeks, he has once again taken delight in repeating a story of a supporter ...

At one end of the spectrum upon which the virtue of humility appears are the extremes of pride, hubris, arrogance, conceit, vanity, egomania, self-aggrandizement, narcissism, hard-heartedness ...

94 As Teresa of Avila’s (1515-1582) epigraph implies, humility is considered a critical element in any relationship. But what is it and how can we harness this virtue to improve ourselves and ...

The Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume, a friend of Adam Smith, called humility one of the “monkish” virtues, and he didn’t mean that as a compliment. Humble people, he seemed to ...

“Humility is the first step in self-reflection,” writes Christopher M. Bellitto in his new book, Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue. “It makes us have second thoughts. It opens us to our ...

The ones who can effectively balance these tensions seem to possess a key virtue: intellectual humility. Psychologist Daryl Van Tongeren and colleagues define this virtue as “humility about one ...

The virtues of humility, compassion, and trust, traditionally fostered in spaces of faith, must permeate every aspect of our society to cultivate empathy and coexistence. Their integration into ...

Thus, we can say strongly that humility is a prime virtue for those who serve in a democracy. Humility rather than domination of a candidate allows the people to recognize the abilities that will ...