People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil—soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples. We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.
Douglas MacArthurTags: hubris
No egoism is so insufferable as the Christian with regard to his soul.
W. Somerset MaughamTags: error christianity religion sin pride christians hubris egoism
The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean. I know this by my own experience,
Mark TwainTags: evil christianity religion censorship bible hubris moral-corruption
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good.
Philip PullmanTags: freedom evil religion censorship first-amendment freedom-of-speech hubris
The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.
Rick RiordanTags: annabeth-chase hubris athena mothers-and-daughters mother-knows-best percy-jackson-and-the-olympians heroes-of-olympus the-mark-of-athena
If you ever find yourself coming out of a time machine, run. Run away as fast you can. Don't stop. Don't try to talk. Nothing good can come out of it." narrator Charles Yu, not author Charles Yu p19
Charles YuTags: science-fiction hubris time-machine minor-universe-31
Best not to take, yet doubt its strength,
A leash with Demons at its length.
Tags: doubt power technology hubris
When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions.
Zeena SchreckTags: selfishness karma self-absorption hubris self-destruction zeena-schreck beatdom karmic-effects egocentricity
In contradistinction to the underestimation in the field of rocket science and the aerospace industry, Parsons' accomplishments in the arcane sciences have been highly overrated and grossly exaggerated. As a magician he was essentially a failure. As a Thelemite he learned the hard way what was required. He loved Crowley's 'Law' but couldn't adhere to it—though he tried harder than most. He violated the rules, undertook unauthorized and unorthodox magical operations, and claimed the grade of Magister Templi without first completing all the grades below it. He couldn't handle working under authority—his ego was too big. His record of failure is valuable in that regard. He was a great promulgator of thelemic ideals in his essays, but as an idealist his elitism ruined his work. Indeed, some would say he was guilt of hubris, which the gods always punish.
John CarterThe scientists have given [modern man] the impression that there is nothing he cannot know, and false propagandists have told him that there is nothing he cannot have.
Richard M. WeaverTags: arrogance fallibility hubris
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