“Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.”

“Our humility before God has no value, except that it prepares us to reveal the humility of Jesus to our fellow men.”

“Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings.”

“O that I were a mockery king of snowStanding before the sun of BolingbrokeTo melt myself away in water drops!”

“I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.”

“They didn't come to crush the city. They came to crush the hubris of its king.""That must have hurt," Oates said. Umber pinched the bridge of his nose."Hubris means arrogance, you great buffoon.”