Free shipping over $79 | Order by Dec 31 and enjoy a $10 voucher on your next purchase
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Humility : The Quiet Virtue - Everett L. Worthington

Humility

The Quiet Virtue

Author: Everett L. Worthington

At a Glance

Published: 1st March 2008

Audio CD

$46.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $11.69 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 10 business days

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, at people whom he admires. He examines the characteristics of humility they share, and, in doing so, formulates a working understanding of humility.

Science has made few attempts to measure humility, Worthington points out, but those few studies do give a different, but complementary, perspective on humility than the wisdom of the ages. Humility may not be a skill we can learn, but people can be inspired to be humble. "Great people--and ordinary people acting nobly--can inspire us," Worthington writes. "When we catch the spirit, we can transfer that spirit from ourselves to others." Quotations interspersed throughout the book reinforce the message that the unassuming virtue of humility transforms lives.

You Can Find This Audio CD In

Non-FictionReligion & BeliefsAspects of Religion for Non-ChristiansReligious Life & PracticeSelf-Help, Personal Development & Practical AdvicePopular PsychologyAssertiveness, Motivation & Self-Esteem & Positive Mental AttitudeSpirituality & Religious Experience

More in Religious Life & Practice

The Power of Forgiving - Everett L. Worthington

AUDIO CD

The Power of Forgiving

Audio CD

$47.75

Danger Signals : Adventures in Odyssey - Aio Team

AUDIO CD

Danger Signals

Adventures in Odyssey

Audio CD

RRP $44.99

$40.75

This product is categorised by