Pride is not the opposite of shame, it is the source.
True humility is the only antidote for shame.
Thomas del Vasto (soul/acc)x.comPride is not the opposite of shame, it is the source. True humility is the only antidote for shame.
When we remove ego, we’re left with what is real. What replaces ego is humility, yes—but rock-hard humility and confidence.
Ryan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
“While humility is a permeable filter that absorbs life experience and converts it into knowledge and wisdom, arrogance is a rubber shield that life experience simply bounces off of.”
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
The Reverend William A. Sutton observed some 120 years ago that “we cannot be humble except by enduring humiliations.” How much better it would be to spare ourselves these experiences, but sometimes it’s the only way the blind can be made to see.