"There is nothing that comes closer to true humility than the intelligence. It is impossible to feel pride in one’s intelligence at the moment when one really and truly exercises it."
Pride is a primary emotion characterized by a sense of security with one's identity, performance, and/or accomplishments. It is widely considered the opposite of shame. Depending on the context, pride may be viewed as either a virtue or a vice. Typically, pride arises from praise, independent self-reflection, or a fulfilled feeling of belonging.
"In reality there is, perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history. For even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility."
Pride"Pride, when permitted full sway, is the great undying cankerworm which gnaws the very vitals of a mans worldly possessions, let them be small or great, hundreds or millions."
Pride"If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble; for the proud heart as it loves none but itself, so it is beloved of none but itself. The voice of humility is Gods music, and the silence of humility is Gods rhetoric. Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason."
Pride"Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken...But if you will not hear, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride."
Pride"Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps there is nothing that angels behold with such astonishment as a proud man."
Pride"He who is mounted on pride does not know how to sit still."
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