Humility - Strive To Acquire It

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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.)