On the heels of humility comes the wonder of God.

Humility is knowing oneself as integral to a larger whole, a shimmering thread in a great web. When I fully grasp that I am part of all that is, part of life, part of the mystery, walls of separation break down

Humility is at the core of the path of love

Humble humor takes life, death, faith, and human fallibility seriously - so seriously that it can laugh at our flawed and feeble efforts to transcend them. We laugh best — indeed, most deeply — in our struggles with those things we hold in utter reverence.

The true ascetic seeks neither to exalt nor to denigrate self. Humility is to know oneself as created by God, as interdependent with others and the cosmos, and deeply loved by God. Humility helps us to embrace and deepen our sense of connectedness.

Humility is sincere concern for the good of others balanced with simple gratitude for the gift of one’s self, shown in a genuine willingness to serve the neighbor and heard in the gentle laughter of self-effacing humor.

We become most fully human when we don’t put ourselves at the center of everything.

The most important thing life’s taught me is that although I learn new things all the time, I don’t really know a lot. If you think you know what’s going on, then you’ve made a very big mistake.