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Poverty and pride are devoted blood brothers until one, always and inevitably, kills the other.
Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
He was well aware of his own considerable abilities, and nervously exaggerated them in his self-conceit.
sin loves to grow in secrecy.
Rachel Gilson • Born Again This Way: Coming out, coming to faith, and what comes next
What I’d need to put on isn’t skill but some kind of pride. But then I’d be gay.
Jackie Ess • Darryl
At one time, he will restrain from tempting, that we may think ourselves secure, and neglect our watch. At another time he will seem to flee, that he may make us proud of the victory. At one time he will fix men's eyes on others' sins than their own, that he may puff them up. At another time he may fix their eyes more on others' graces than their
... See moreThomas Brooks • Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices
For all our failings are milder in the open. Even the infirmities make the turn toward healing once they emerge from hiding and exhibit their full force.* Thus when greed, ambition, and other maladies of the human mind subside into apparent health, that is when you can tell they are at their deadliest.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca • Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
'Sin' then is the behaviour that manifests when we are disconnected from the Whole--from Source--and which fosters even greater disconnection. Sin is the symptom of our suffering, not the cause.
Lynn Serafinn • The 7 Graces of Marketing: how to heal humanity and the planet by changing the way we sell
Faking pride is a special kind of painful.