"Pride goeth before a fall." -- Proverbs 16:18 The Book of Proverbs is part of the Wisdom writing of the Hebrew Scriptures. Its counsel, like that of similar books of the Old Testament, is that pride ...

Explore the importance of humility for personal growth and wisdom through insightful African proverbs. Learn the balance ...

Humility is something that is lacking in our world. But it isn’t hard to figure out why. Who gets anywhere by being humble?

We are a proud people. It’s only natural to feel good about our successful individual and corporate accomplishments. Those accomplishments may not be long ...

I would like to argue against Keith Gallagher’s idea (in his June 21 letter to the editor, "Will Corvallis Library celebrate humility?") that humility is the opposite of pride. It seems to me that ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In fact, when word got around that I was researching humility, I suspect more than a few choked on their coffee. And even though I have spent over a decade exploring the concept as an attribute and as ...

Every Monday afternoon at 5:30, I have an encounter with humility. For 55 minutes, I participate in a Pilates group class with five other people, children really, in their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. They ...

David declared, “Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory.” Humility made him exceptional — a leader who recognized that power is borrowed and glory belongs to God alone. But in Kenya, ...