"There was one who thought himself above..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
More by Elbert Hubbard
More on Humility
“I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.”
“Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.”
“I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.”
More on Ego
“In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.”
“I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.”
“The egoic madness, or dysfunction, becomes enormously amplified by the science and technology we all have developed.”