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The Three Most Important Words You Can Say (Or Hear)

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 01.06.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: World Peace, The Three Most Important Words, Humility, Courage, Smile, Inner Peace, Love, My Love, I Love, Love Quotes, I Love You, Love You, Express Love, Healthy Living News
Dennis Merritt Jones

At the end of the day I believe that what we are all seeking is a deeper experience of both sides of love -- the giving of it and the receiving of it. And yet, at times we are our own worst enemies when it comes to the giving and receiving of love because we place too many conditions and qualifications on it.

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Apparently Idiots Can Be Level-headed, Too

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 01.07.2012 | Parents

Read More: Community, Humility, Parenting, Children, Home, Family, Parents News
Bruce Reyes-Chow

I am so grateful for the people in my life who need me to be there for them and at the same time remind me that I am not in this chaotic world left to fend for myself.

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Lessons From Disney to the U.S. Government

Danielle Tumminio | Posted 12.11.2011 | Politics

Read More: Government, Humility, Creating Magic, Values, Lee Cockerell, Walt Disney World, Ethics, Respect, Disney, Politics News
Danielle Tumminio

Leadership isn't just something those working in the nation's capital must practice. It needs to be practiced by all of us, every magical -- or not so magical -- day.

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The Bhagavad Gita And The Value Of Vulnerability

Ramnath Subramanian | Posted 10.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Yoga, Humility, Arjuna, Courage, Bhagavad Gita, Krishna, Vulnerability, Bhagavad Gita Vulnerability, Bhagavad Gita Humility, Hinduism, Investment Banking, Religion News
Ramnath Subramanian

In this culture, I have grossly and subtly ingested the notion that I should not have any weakness -- so much so that when I came in touch with my natural human limitations, it was painfully embarrassing.

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Sweet Humility

Lindsay Edmunds | Posted 10.18.2011 | Books

Read More: Self-Published Authors, Science Fiction, 99 Cent Books, Fantasy, Self-Publishing, Humility, Self-Esteem, Cat Picture, Books News
Lindsay Edmunds

While self-publishing does not absolutely require humility, it has ways of forcefully suggesting that it is a very good idea.

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Can Humility Change The World?

John Backman | Posted 10.16.2011 | Religion

Read More: Arrogance, Humility, Humble, Blogging and Political Activism, Embracing Humility, Religion and Politics, Value of Humility, Political Activism, Power of Humility, What Is Humility, Religion News
John Backman

Humility has taken a bad rap in recent years. That's a tragedy when you consider how this misunderstood virtue could bring peace to our souls and change to our world.

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Forgiveness And The Law Of Love

Marilyn Sewell | Posted 09.12.2011 | Religion

Read More: Anger, Humility, Piety, Prodigal Son, Forgiveness, God, Compassion, Spiritual Development, Forgiveness and Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Spiritual Growth, Religion News
Marilyn Sewell

When we are unable to forgive, we then perpetuate the fruits of non-forgiveness (anger, hatred, revenge, pettiness of character) and the fruits of forgiveness (humility, compassion, love, peace) are lost.

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Prayer Breakfast Heresies

Mark Osler | Posted 09.10.2011 | Religion

Read More: Christianity, Prayer, Prayer Breakfast, Heroes, Humility, White House Prayer Breakfast, Conservative Christians, Christian Prayer Breakfast, Evangelical Christians, Religion News
Mark Osler

What fascinates me about these events is that they drape themselves in the faith, yet create a scene that Christ himself would (and did) directly condemn.

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Vulnerability Management: Required Course for Leaders?

Birute Regine | Posted 09.07.2011 | Politics

Read More: Wrongdoing, Humility, Vulnerability, Admitting Mistakes, Michelle Bachman, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Michele Bachmann, Politics News
Birute Regine

How you deal with vulnerability has a lot to do with defining your character and leadership style. If leaders and managers deny their vulnerability, what does that say about their effectiveness and ability to learn from mistakes?

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A Jewish Perspective On The Dangerous Charisma Of Power

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 07.12.2011 | Religion

Read More: Religion, Politics, Humility, Mao, Power, Bin Laden, God, Charisma, Cult of Personality, Dangerous Power, Absolute Power, Dictators, Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi David Wolpe

What is the Jewish attitude towards rulers? The person before you may seem a god. He is a person, with the same stubborn flaws that afflict us all, if anything, they may be magnified by power.

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The Importance of Dignity: Commencement Address Thoughts for Anyone Who Wishes to Use Them

Martha L. Wellington | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Read More: Commencement Speeches, Humility, Pride, Dignity, College News
Martha L. Wellington

At about this time of year many impressive and accomplished people have agreed to deliver commencement addresses. If you are one of these folks, star...

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George Bush's Memoir: An American Tragedy

Jim Worth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Deficit, Humility, George W. Bush, Katrina, The Great Depression, Decision Points, Bush Memoir, Politics News
Jim Worth

It was a dark time in our history. A black pall that befell our great nation. George Bush fooled me once, shame on me. I won't be fooled again! The ...

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Applauding Humility (and a good decision by Terry Jones)

Shane Claiborne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Terry Jones, Humility, Christian, Quran Burning, Religion News
Shane Claiborne

Just as the world was outraged when we heard of the decision of Terry Jones to burn the Quran, it is also worth celebrating his decision not to burn it.

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The Curse of Certainty

Terry Newell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Humility, Debate, Political Discourse, Politics News
Terry Newell

Too many of us are certain our political and policy views are perfection. The danger now is that the thirst for certainty blocks us from humility.

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Learning to Love in a World of Failed Expectations

Eric Simpson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Humility, Human Rights, Expectations, Pride, Scandal, Spirituality, Christianity, Love, Religion News
Eric Simpson

One shouldn't focus his expectations on a person or a group of people, on a pastor or bishop or teacher, but in Christ.

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How Old is Wisdom?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Arrogance, John F. Kennedy, Humility, Teddy Roosevelt, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wisdom, Harold Macmillian, Responsibility, Peggy Noonan, Mario Cuomo, Obama, Cuban Missile Crisis, Paul Volcker, Ethics, Honor, Dean Rusk, Warren Buffett, McGeorge Bundy and George Ball, Adlai Stevenson, Ken O?Donnell, Robert McNamara, Atticus Finch, Gregory Peck, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan had an interesting take this weekend (July 17) on President Obama's poll numbers and problems with the economy ...

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Earth Day Smoke Signals: Lessons From a Volcano

Benjamin Strauss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Humility, Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland Volcano, Climate Adaptation, Earth Day, Volcano, Green News
Benjamin Strauss

On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the planet is sending us a smoke signal. In an era of airplanes, cellphones and supercomputers, Eyjafjallajokull is a call for humility.

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Humility; Why Don't I have Much?

Megan McFeely | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Religion, Humility, Spiritual Journey, Personality, Consciousness, The Inner Life, Surrender, Awakening, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Megan McFeely

Humility is not something I come by naturally. It is a damn struggle for me to be humble. I feel a bit embarrassed by my lack of humility because I k...

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Oz and the Tin Man

Kirsten Moore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Reproductive Health, Contraception, Humility, Sexual Health, Women's Health, William Saletan, Health, Politics News
Kirsten Moore

Abortion as a rationale for contraception? Why not women as the rationale for contraception? Why not children as the rationale for contraception? Why not healthy sex as a rationale for contraception?

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Defying Despair: Why I Believe

Sharon Brous | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Religious Texts, Yom Kippur, Humility, Religulous, Judaism, The Holocaust, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Concentration Camps, Israel, Faith, Spirituality, Bill Maher, Ikar, Torah, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Sharon Brous

Faith is not about hatred and exclusion -- those are perversions of the deepest religious truths. The religious life is not about pretending to know with certainty, it is about living with deep humility.

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Take Off That Hat, Dick Cheney

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Rough Riders, Wisdom, Coast Guard Commencement, Gamechangers, Dick Cheney, Bush, Reagan, Beltway Bandits, Humility, Honesty, Lbj, Beauty, Hat, Valor, Cowboy, Horses, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

The Bush Gang was not the first to appropriate cowboy iconography for politics, but since they did, to be called a cowboy has, almost impossibly it seems to me, become some kind of slur.

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