Humility is a virtue of the will, but it depends
on knowledge. To be humble, a man must
realize the lack of proportion between his own powers and the great things
toward which his will tends. Humility
does not make a man think less of himself than he ought; it is based on an
honest estimate of one's own capacities, and hence enables a man to see what he
cannot do and to abstain from trying to do the impossible…It is humility, which
makes it possible for a man to see that he can not find happiness without the
assistance of God's grace and love. The
humble man does not try the impossible – to save himself without God. The humble man subjects himself to God,
worships God and asks the divine assistance in his pursuit of happiness.
(Walter
Farrell, O.P., S.T.M. and Martin J. Healy, S.T.D.)
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