humility

On-Yomi: シン — Kun-Yomi: つつし.む、つつし、つつし.み

Koohii stories:

1) [dwhitman] 27-10-2007(337): Humility is the state of mind of accepting the truth about yourself - both favorable and unfavorable. (tweaked version of Raichu's).

2) [Raichu] 3-9-2006(95): Humility is a state of mind when you consider yourself in accordance with the truth (you neither boast nor demean yourself).

3) [scout] 6-12-2007(28): Data, who is convinced he is perfect, is taught a lesson in humility when Riker shows him how to extract truth from someone by placing them on a workbench and poking them in the eye with a needle. Data just didn't understand how to play with the person's state of mind.

4) [Wosret] 13-1-2009(26): Humility is the state of mind of accepting the truth no matter how much you don't like it.

5) [dingomick] 9-8-2007(24): Data has great humility even though he knows more truth than any human.