15 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Humility

Orson Scott Card quotes on humility

105. There's so much that we don't understand. And so much more that you don't understand. We should tell each other more

108. I'm not one to despise other people for their sins. I haven't found one yet, that I didn't say to myself, I've done worse than this

139. When have you ever seen someone who had no doubts who was also correct about anything?'

206. You're very smart. Smarter than I am, I hope. Though of course I have such incredible vanity that I can't really believe that anyone is actually smarter than I am. Which means that I'm all the more in need of good advice, since I can't actually conceive of needing any. You talk in circles That's just part of my cruelty. To torment you with conversation

259. That's why bean never fully trusted his own guesses. He acted on them, but always kept himself open to the possibility that his interpretations might be wrong

303. I'm not stupid!' in [his] experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove it's own inaccuracy.

347. We are all fools when one wise man appears.

474. False modesty is still false, no matter how charming it might seem

494. It seems that the more I learn, the less I know. While the more ignorant remain absolutely certain of their convictions

602. Some people are so right they never learn a thing.

727. I think you need help Don't we all

869. I'm also vain. But I believe that true humility consists of recognizing the truth about yourself

973. I know absolutely nothing about anything

1062. 'I'm not stupid!' In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy. -Ender's Shadow

1075. Your trust in rationality makes you irrational. (Children of the Mind)