No egoism is so insufferable as the Christian with regard to his soul.
W. Somerset MaughamTags: error christianity religion sin pride christians hubris egoism
Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '.
Self pity will destroy relationships, it'll destroy anything that's good, it will fulfill all the prophecies it makes and leave only itself. And it's so simple to imagine that one is hard done by, and that things are unfair, and that one is underappreciated, and that if only one had had a chance at this, only one had had a chance at that, things would have gone better, you would be happier if only this, that one is unlucky. All those things. And some of them may well even be true. But, to pity oneself as a result of them is to do oneself an enormous disservice.
I think it's one of things we find unattractive about the american culture, a culture which I find mostly, extremely attractive, and I like americans and I love being in america. But, just occasionally there will be some example of the absolutely ravening self pity that they are capable of, and you see it in their talk shows. It's an appalling spectacle, and it's so self destructive. I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying 'How To Be Happy by Stephen Fry : Guaranteed success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say - ' Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself - And you will be happy '. Use the rest of the book to write down your interesting thoughts and drawings, and that's what the book would be, and it would be true. And it sounds like 'Oh that's so simple', because it's not simple to stop feeling sorry for yourself, it's bloody hard. Because we do feel sorry for ourselves, it's what Genesis is all about.
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We are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march?
John L. O'SullivanTags: inspirational pride
"Still, not to be English is hardly regarded as a fatal deficiency even by the English, though grave enough to warrant sympathy.
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Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsFans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
Charley PrideTags: music frank black pride singer charley
I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.
Charley PrideTags: inspirational dreamers pride charley singer-songwriters
You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.
Criss JamiTags: truth honesty humility arrogance corruption destruction sincerity pride insincerity
If, in his pride, he considers God as a challenge, he will deny Him; and if God becomes man and therefore makes Himself vulnerable, he will crucify Him.
Fulton J. SheenTags: power man god jesus autonomy pride the-cross
Yeah, I'm Governor, Jack, and the trouble with governors is they think they got to keep their dignity. But listen here, there ain't anything worth doing a man can do and keep his dignity. Can you figure out a single thing you really please-God like to do you can do and keep your dignity? The human frame just ain't built that way.
Robert Penn WarrenTags: perception pride dignity
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