There is a world of difference between wisdom and cleverness. In fact, truth be told, there is much more than a world of difference between them because what separates wisdom and cleverness can become ...

"Pride goeth before a fall." -- Proverbs 16:18 The Book of Proverbs is part of the Wisdom writing of the Hebrew Scriptures. Its counsel, like that of similar books of the Old Testament, is that pride ...

Psychology professor Barbara Held writes about the thin line between humility and self-deprecation and argues that the virtuous golden mean of “truthfulness” is a better way to see humility. Being ...

This month marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a gay-liberation effort that took place over several days in New York beginning on June 28, 1969. What began as a bold and brave public ...

“The first and worst cause of errors that abound in our day and age is spiritual pride. This is the main door by which the devil comes into the hearts of those who are zealous for the advancement of ...

Most religious traditions don’t look kindly upon pride. For example, in the Jewish commentary the Talmud, we find, “A proud man is not loved even in his own house.” Christianity's Book of Proverbs ...

We can all be our own harshest critics, yet we all have “critical” blind spots, too. I’m talking about those underdeveloped parts of our personalities we don’t care to reveal or that we are reluctant ...

This June marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, a series of riots for gay liberation that took place over several days beginning on June 28, 1969. What began as a bold ...