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Finding the sublime in plainspoken humility.

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“Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call ‘humble’ nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him. If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all.

If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realise that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.”

— C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book 3, Chapter 8, “The Great Sin,” Kindle location 1665

Rei Kawakubo interview @ Style.com
Rei Kawakubo interview @ Style.com
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W.E.B. Du Bois in the opening of The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois in the opening of The So…

“He has also finished a screenplay for a film adaptation of ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.’ The process required him to learn an entirely new genre of writing. ‘I’m most myself when I’m learning,’ he said. ‘In martial arts, it’s called the white-belt mentality. So even if you have a black belt, the black belt starts to corrode and dissolve if you don’t approach the art as a white belt.’”

— Ocean Vuong described/quoted in his New Yorker interview with Hua Hsu

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