People · 1955
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
— Thomas Merton ‧ No Man Is An Island
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Pride is said to make people put on a false front. Humility does the opposite, allowing them to be more fully themselves. The brief contrast values an honest sense of who we are above the image we might want others to admire.
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