Question:“On humility”
On humility
Humility is not lowering yourself. It is measuring yourself exactly. A person measured exactly has no need to be raised or lowered.
When you speak of something you did well, attach the name of one person who lent a hand to it. There is always one name that can be added without lying. That is the whole of humility.
Odysseus entered his own house dressed as a beggar, sat on the threshold, and bore the insults of the suitors. He was lowered not because he had lost his strength but because he knew the hour.