I believe Socrates said at best when he said that the wisest of all men realize that they are ignorant.
That's humbleness in a nutshell. That no matter how great you become, you realize that you are no better or no worse than anybody else and that your place in this universe is rather small.
You don't have to be insecure and self-loathing to be humble. You don't have to walk around with your head down to be humble. You don't have to use self-defeating talk to be humble.
You just need to realize that no matter how great you are, you're no better than anybody else.
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