An humble view of our Importance
It is acknowledged by all teachers, sages and prophets that vanity is an evil. The truth is that we boast about our learning and knowledge. We are unaware of our ignorance of an endless number of things. Thomas a Kempis says: "No man can ever lack this mortification of his vanity, that what he knows is but a very little in comparison of what he is ignorant of. Consider this, and instead of boasting thy knowledge of a few things, confess and be out of countenance for the many more which thou dost not understand."
Whenever we indulge in self-display, we are deprived of the divine quality of humbleness. It will be very good to build up our children's personality on the foundation of humbleness by telling them the stories of Socrates, Jesus, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and other international leaders, philosophers and poets, who always revealed the great value of humility in our life. Sophocles aptly writes: "For God hates utterly /
The bray of bragging tongues."
It is acknowledged by all teachers, sages and prophets that vanity is an evil. The truth is that we boast about our learning and knowledge. We are unaware of our ignorance of an endless number of things. Thomas a Kempis says: "No man can ever lack this mortification of his vanity, that what he knows is but a very little in comparison of what he is ignorant of. Consider this, and instead of boasting thy knowledge of a few things, confess and be out of countenance for the many more which thou dost not understand."
Whenever we indulge in self-display, we are deprived of the divine quality of humbleness. It will be very good to build up our children's personality on the foundation of humbleness by telling them the stories of Socrates, Jesus, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and other international leaders, philosophers and poets, who always revealed the great value of humility in our life. Sophocles aptly writes: "For God hates utterly /
The bray of bragging tongues."
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Faith in the Almighty Lord creates love, peace, brotherhood, inner joy, patience, humbleness, righteousness, kindness, and self-restraint.These good qualities alone can protect our world "where ignorant armies clash by night".