Peter Kreeft Quotes about Pride

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Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell.

Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell.

Peter Kreeft

Humility, Pride, Heaven

Peter Kreeft (2016). “Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion”, p.64, Ignatius Press

Pride looks down, and no one can see God but by looking up.

Peter Kreeft

Pride, Looks, Down And

Peter Kreeft (2016). “Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion”, p.64, Ignatius Press

We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form of pride was the desire to be better than others. The new, democratic form is the desire not to have anyone better than yourself. It is just as spiritually deadly and does not even carry with it the false pleasure of gloating superiority.

Peter Kreeft

Pride, Opposites, Desire

Peter Kreeft (1990). “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Heaven-- But Never Dreamed of Asking”, p.29, Ignatius Press