Quotes about Arrogance

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.

But humans want to usurp the place of God, making themselves the center of the Story.

The heart of Babylon will always be arrogant self-sufficiency that has no need for God, no care for the people of God, and no commitment to the ways of God.

This is an empire called "narcissism.

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

Well, Ben Rogers, if I was as ignorant as you I wouldn't let on.

Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.

This is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid.

Where there is much pride or much vanity, there will also be much revengefulness. - On Psychology

Let's be gods. Let's be ugly.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

Doubt is the heart of the matter. Abolish all doubt, and what's left is not faith, but absolute, heartless conviction. You're certain that you possess the Truth -- inevitably offered with an implied uppercase T -- and this certainty quickly devolves into dogmatism and righteousness, by which I mean a demonstrative, overweening pride in being so very right, in short, the arrogance of fundamentalism.