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Meekness (Virtue)

Meekness (Virtue) Why do I say that the virtue of meekness brings life? Consider the difference between someone who is ready to cavil at the least perception of a wrong done to him, and one who is, as God is, “slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy” (Ps. 103:8). We...

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Politeness

Politeness Politeness is the practical application of good manners or etiquette. It is a culturally defined phenomenon, and therefore what is considered polite in one culture can sometimes be quite rude or simply eccentric in another cultural context. While the goal of politeness is to make all of the parties relaxed and comfortable with one another, these...

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Humility As A Virtue

Humility As A Virtue This article covers Humility As A Virtue. Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1865. He was born with a severe curvature of the spine. When he grew to manhood, he was barely five feet tall and hunched over. His mother died when...

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What Is Humility?

What Is Humility? The word humility signifies lowliness or submissiveness and it is derived from the Latin humilitas or, as St. Thomas says, from humus, i.e. the earth which is beneath us. As applied to persons and things it means that which is abject, ignoble, or of poor condition, as we ordinarily say, not worth much....

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The Virtue of Meekness

The Virtue of Meekness The Virtue of Meekness is more synonymous with empowerment than it is with weakness because, as St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, meekness makes a man self-possessed. My electric typewriter has a built-in dictionary of 60,000 words. Whenever my typing of any of these words is incorrect, an...

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Meekness

Meekness Meekness is an attribute of human nature and behavior. It has been defined several ways: righteous, humble, teachable, and patient under suffering, long suffering willing to follow gospel teachings; an attribute of a true disciple. Meekness has been contrasted with humility as referring to behavior towards others, whereas humility refers...

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Muhammad’s Modesty

Muhammad’s Modesty This article describes the Islamic Prophet Muhammad‘s Modesty. In society, each person has a window (status) through which he or she looks out to see others and be seen. If the window is built higher than their real stature, people try to make themselves appear taller through vanity...

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Humility Quotes

Humility Quotes We have collected and put the best Humility Quotes. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. Humility is the defining characteristic of unpretentious or humble people; those who do not behave as if they were more important than others. The...

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Graciousness: A Cardinal Virtue

Graciousness: A Cardinal Virtue Human beings are equal in dignity, but unequal in talent, status, and reputation. Because the marks of inequality are more conspicuous than dignity, which is a spiritual quality, they often determine and dominate human relationships. Birds of a feather, or men of the same stripe, tend...

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Humility

What Is Humility? Humility is the quality of being humble. Dictionary definitions accentuate humility as a low self-regard and sense of unworthiness. In a religious context humility can mean a recognition of self in relation to a deity (i.e. God) or deities, and self-debasement with subsequent submission to said deity as a member...

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Humility Is Piety

Humility Is Piety Humility comes from knowing about God and recognising His greatness, venerating Him, loving Him and being in awe of Him; and it comes from knowing about oneself and one’s own faults, and weaknesses. God created human beings to worship Him and a practising Muslim in, essence, should...

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The Virtue Of Modesty

The Virtue Of Modesty This article covers the answer to the question: “What is The Virtue Of Modesty?” Goodness should not be invisible. It should not be colorless. On the other hand, it should not dazzle or overpower. It should compel, not impel; attract, not attack. Modesty is the virtue...

Modesty in dress is a relative cultural concept, even in the West, as seen above in the plain dress of Amish women on an American beach in 2007.

Modesty

What Is Modesty? Modesty, sometimes known as demureness, is a mode of dress and deportment which intends to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. The word “modesty” comes from the Latin word modestus which means “keeping within measure”. Standards of modesty are culturally and context dependent and vary widely. In this use, it...

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Modesty: Stories on Modesty II

Modesty: Stories on Modesty II Muhammad and the Rebuilding of the Kaaba The modesty of the Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, was the most prominent trait of his personality. Even from an early age, his sense of shame in an open society of...

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Modesty: Stories on Modesty I

Modesty: Stories on Modesty I Muhammad and Modesty before God The Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said: “Every religion has its characteristic, and the characteristic of Islam is modesty.” (al-Muwatta) Modesty, in the sense of shyly protecting oneself with propriety from the lustful or...

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Modesty : An Overview

Modesty: An Overview Modesty and shyness play a special part between the affairs of the Creator and the created. All prophets and Messengers encouraged modesty, as the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said: “Indeed from the teachings of the first prophets which has reached...

A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue

A Return To Modesty

A Return To Modesty: Discovering The Lost Virtue “A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue” by Wendy Shalit, is a bombshell. Despite its modest title, this book is a bombshell. In a manner both courageous and  passionate, Wendy Shalit challenges the bored, desensitized masses of American women to use...

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The Virtue Of Temperance

The Virtue Of Temperance Temperance is the first virtue that perfects man’s ability to act well with one’s self from within one’s self. For it brings order to the concupiscible appetite, and thus to the emotions of love, hate, sensible satisfaction, desire, aversion and sorrow as they bear upon a...

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The Virtue Of Magnanimity

Called To Greatness: The Virtue Of Magnanimity The virtue of magnanimity may impel a good man to go beyond his daily obligations and make more sacrifices in his daily life for the sake of others. When faced with choices in life, do you tend to pursue what is most noble...