We tend to lack humility toward love, to patronize it rather than bow before it, to put mundane considerations before the emotional need to hold someone in our arms.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I do not bow. I do not obey. I do not 'worship.'
Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.
The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly, or mean.
When you know in your bones that your body is a sacred gift, you move in the world with an effortless grace. Gratitude and humility rise up spontaneously.
We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.
Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.
Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.