Pride
“There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people except Christians ever imagine that they are guilty themselves…There is no fault which makes a man more unpopular, and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others.”
~C. S. Lewis
“In order to overcome their pride, God punishes certain men by allowing them to fall into sins of the flesh, which though they be less grievous are more evidently shameful…From this indeed the gravity of pride is made manifest. For just as a wise physician, in order to cure a worse disease, allows the patient to contract one that is less dangerous, so the sin of pride is shown to be more grievous by the very fact that, as a remedy, God allows men to fall into other sins.”
~St. Thomas Aquinas
“Have you ever wondered why God does not give you more grace, as He certainly could, to avoid your many sins? Well, now you know. And you also know how to receive that grace: through eradicating the thing that blocks it, your pride. That is why Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, when asked what the four cardinal virtues were, replied: ‘Humility, humility, humility, and humility.’ If you think you have gotten beyond this single-minded beginning, you are proud; in other words, you have not gotten beyond it.
If you think you are not in serious danger from your sin of pride, then you certainly are. If you are even a little proud of your humility, you are terribly proud indeed.
…there are only two kinds of people: fools, who think they are wise, and the wise, who know they are fools.
…‘God alone is wise’ …The only way to become humble is to admit you are proud.”
~Peter Kreeft
~C. S. Lewis
“In order to overcome their pride, God punishes certain men by allowing them to fall into sins of the flesh, which though they be less grievous are more evidently shameful…From this indeed the gravity of pride is made manifest. For just as a wise physician, in order to cure a worse disease, allows the patient to contract one that is less dangerous, so the sin of pride is shown to be more grievous by the very fact that, as a remedy, God allows men to fall into other sins.”
~St. Thomas Aquinas
“Have you ever wondered why God does not give you more grace, as He certainly could, to avoid your many sins? Well, now you know. And you also know how to receive that grace: through eradicating the thing that blocks it, your pride. That is why Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, when asked what the four cardinal virtues were, replied: ‘Humility, humility, humility, and humility.’ If you think you have gotten beyond this single-minded beginning, you are proud; in other words, you have not gotten beyond it.
If you think you are not in serious danger from your sin of pride, then you certainly are. If you are even a little proud of your humility, you are terribly proud indeed.
…there are only two kinds of people: fools, who think they are wise, and the wise, who know they are fools.
…‘God alone is wise’ …The only way to become humble is to admit you are proud.”
~Peter Kreeft
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