Letter 838

Isidore of PelusiumUnknown|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of humility.

True humility is not the absence of accomplishment but the refusal to boast about it. The person who has achieved much and still thinks humbly of himself has found the rarest virtue.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.