Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN
John Stuart Mill, as quoted by Stevenson in Call to Greatness (1954), p. 102; this has also been misquoted as "That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another."
Misattributed
“The pedant interprets the simplicity and the humility of the wise man as ignorance.”
Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975) Spanish theologian
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The Furrow (1986)
George Horne (1730–1792) English churchman, writer and university administrator
Source: The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne, 1809, p. 303
“Faith is the champion of grace, and love the nurse; but humility is the beauty of grace.”
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 221.
“As tempers rose, a compromise was urged by certain moderates, whom everyone ignored.”
Bruce Sterling (1954) American writer, speaker, futurist, and design instructor
Short fiction, The Peak of Eternal Light (2012)
Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher
Sermon 19:2 on the New Testament http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/160319.htm <br class="br">Sermons <br class="br">Context: You wish to be great, begin from the least. You are thinking to construct some mighty fabric in height; first think of the foundation of humility. And how great soever a mass of building one may wish and design to place above it, the greater the building is to be, the deeper does he dig his foundation.
Steve Allen (1921–2000) American comedian, actor, musician and writer
More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, & Morality (1993)
