humility
“Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a deity.”
“No man is wise at all times, or without his blind side.”
“No one is wise at all times.”
“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not defend yourself, but say: “He was ignorant of my other faults.””
“To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.”
“If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn’t have been worth the Nobel Prize.”
“It is foolish to think that one can do anything to change the world.”
“If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee.”
“What we know is a drop, what we do not know is an ocean.”
“To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man.”
“I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore.”
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists.”