Criss Jami Quotes about Pride

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For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another.

For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another.

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Honesty, Humility, Pride

Criss Jami (2011). “Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile”, p.82, Criss Jami

Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.

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Mistake, Pride, Denial

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.80, Criss Jami

Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is the authority, or that he possesses great moral dominion over others, yet it is spiritually unwarranted. By that point he loses steam; in result, he falsely begins trying to prove that unwarranted dominion by seizing the role of a condemner.

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Believe, Fall, Pride

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.125, Criss Jami

With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.

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Pride, Men, Too Much

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.58, Criss Jami

The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.

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Hater, Pride, Men

Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.82, Criss Jami

It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid to love and to be loved because love tends to strip bare all emotional barricades. Without love, strength and independence are prone to losing every bit of their worth; they become nothing more than a fearful, intimidated, empty tent lost somewhere in the desert of self.

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Fear, Pride, Emotional

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.130, Criss Jami

The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.

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Believe, Pride, Men

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.109, Criss Jami