Pride is the mother of arrogance.
Toba BetaSuch excessive preoccupation with his faults is not a truly spiritual activity but, on the contrary, a highly egoistic one.The recognition of his own faults should make a man humbler, when it is beneficial, not prouder, which the thought that he ought to have been above these faults makes him.
Paul BruntonTag: spiritual humility sin pride ego faults
For men, the softer emotions are always intertwined with power and pride. That was why Karna waited for me to plead with him though he could have stopped my suffering with a single world. That was why he turned on me when I refused to ask for his pity. That was why he incited Dussasan to an action that was against the code of honor by which he lived his life. He knew he would regret it—in his fierce smile there had already been a glint of pain.
But was a woman's heart any purer, in the end?
That was the final truth I learned. All this time I'd thought myself better than my father, better than all those men who inflicted harm on a thousand innocents in order to punish the one man who had wronged them. I'd thought myself above the cravings that drove him. But I, too, was tainted with them, vengeance encoded into my blood. When the moment came I couldn't resist it, no more than a dog can resist chewing a bone that, splintering, makes his mouth bleed.
Already I was storing these lessons inside me. I would use them over the long years of exile to gain what I wanted, no matter what its price.
But Krishna, the slippery one, the one who had offered me a different solace, Krishna with his disappointed eyes—what was the lesson he'd tried to teach?
Tag: power men women pride lessons
Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
George EliotTag: vanity witty pride generosity
Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.
Friedrich NietzscheIf, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
Francis de SalesTag: christianity humility hypocrisy pride
I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.
John GreenTag: pride sons affirmation fathers
Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just a nudge towards another sale. Even in our relationships we consume each other, each of us looking for what we can get out of the other. Our appetites are often satisfied at the expense of those around us. In a dog-eat-dog world we lose part of our humanity.
Jon ForemanTag: lust greed pride envy switchfoot sloth foreman jon-foreman
In a way, I was incrediibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).
Meg CabotTag: pride sisters sister proud
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