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The Cloud of Unknowing

A man is humble when he stands in the truth with a knowledge and appreciation for himself as he really is
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Nothing is more necessary and valuable in teaching humility than the thought of our miserable state and our faults.
But this attitude is not authentic for those who have never ‘sinned’ grievously with full knowledge and consent.  They are like innocent children having only fallen through frailty and ignorance.
Yet even these innocents, especially if they have set out on the way of contemplative prayer, have reason to be humble.  We too, after having made proper satisfaction and amendment for our sins ….shall certainly still have reason to be humble.  Something far transcending the imperfect motive I mentioned earlier will keep us humble.
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There are two virtues in particular, humility and brotherly love.  Whoever acquires these habits of mind and manner needs no others, for he will possess everything.