46、The Road to Character《品格之路》(2)

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The Road to Character (2)

By David Brooks

Humility is freedom from the need to prove you are superior all the time, but egotism is a ravenous hunger in a small space—self-concerned, competitive, and distinction-hungry. Humility is the awareness that there’s a lot you don’t know and that a lot of what you think you know is distorted or wrong. This is the way humility leads to wisdom.

Montaigne once wrote, “We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we can’t be wise with other men’s wisdom.” That’s because wisdom isn’t a body of information. It’s the moral quality of knowing what you don’t know and figuring out a way to handle your ignorance, uncertainty, and limitation.

《品格之路》(2)

作者:大卫·布鲁克斯

怀有谦恭之心,则无须证明自己异于常人,而以自我为中心则会使人目光短浅,过于关注自我,争强好胜,渴望表现自己。怀有谦恭之心,我们就会知道,有很多东西我们并不了解,还有很多东西我们自以为有所了解,其实却是一种曲解或者误解。谦虚使人聪慧的原因就在于此。

蒙田曾经说过:“我们可以凭借别人的知识成为学者,但是想要成为智者,就只能依靠我们自己的智慧。”这是因为智慧不是一堆简单的信息,而是一种道德品质,既可以帮助我们了解哪些东西超出了我们的理解范围,还可以在我们懵懂无知、疑惑不解和视野受限时,帮助我们找到解决办法。

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