Quotes about Hubris
According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride.
— CS Lewis
The ordinary is not good enough for us; our hubris wants something grandiose. But the ordinary done in obedience to Christ is beautiful, inspired, and oftentimes heroic.
— Edward Welch
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
— Albert Einstein
Knowing without loving is frankly dangerous for the soul and for society. You'll critique most everything you encounter and even have the hubris to call this mode of reflexive cynicism thinking (whereas it's really your ego's narcissistic reaction to the moment). You'll position things to quickly as inferior or superior, with me or against me, and most of the time you'll be wrong.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Knowing without loving is frankly dangerous for the soul and for society. You'll critique most everything you encounter and even have the hubris to call this mode of reflexive cynicism "thinking
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Avarice, envy, pride,Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of allOn Fire.
— Dante Alighieri
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
— Aesop
Pride goes before destruction.
— Aesop
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
— Joseph Addison
A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.
— Henry Ford
If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.
— Mark Twain
Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.
— CS Lewis