Humility: The Quiet Virtue

by Everett L. Worthington Jr.

Book Overview

Humility is a virtue that can be difficult to describe because of its paradoxical nature: claiming authority about humility and claiming that one is humble both suggest a lack of humility. In Humility, Everett L.Worthington Jr. seeks a way around this paradox by looking to people who are considered by others to be humble. He suggests people as examples: Jesus, Siddhartha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King Jr. He looks, too,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599471280
• ISBN13: 9781599471280
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Templeton Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 6.3"