Humility. Columnist and pundit David Brooks is teaching a course
this semester at Yale University called “Humility.” The reading
list includes Edmund Burke, Dorothy Day, and David Brooks himself.
On his reading list, Brooks said, “I picked books from or about
people who I admired and who exemplify successful lives of
self-restraint and self-distrust.” Now that’s what I call humility.
In all fairness, Brooks’ own entries are four columns that feature
lessons sent to him by his
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