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“So the paradox goes: No man who is really ignorant is ever aware that he is ignorant. That is its finest, most faulty manifestation; there can be no true ignorance without first some claim of intel...”
“Pride is pride not because it hates being wrong, but because it loves being wrong: To hate being wrong is to change your opinion when you are proven wrong; whereas pride, even when proven wrong, de...”
“A prophet is always underestimated, and part of what makes one a prophet is that he doesn't really mind it.”
“Knowing more than someone does not necessarily mean that you know every single thing they know.”
“We should never, ever believe life - or history holds no surprises for us. That was lies arrogance. And arrogance can blind us to the truth.""Which truth?""Any truth. All truth." her voice was solemn”
“If I choose to take the pen from God and write the story of my life without Him, I better have plenty of erasers and a whole lot of white-out. Better yet, I should invest in a good shredder.”
“Maybe what I need to be rescued from is the feeling that I dont need to be rescued, for without a doubt this is the most difficult rescue of all.”
“In one way or another, every mission that I have ever set out on to rescue myself is yet another mission that I end up needing to be rescued from. Hence, there is God.”
“Greatness untethered from God results in calamity unrestrained by men.”
“Stupidity is letting your pride rob you of Gods blessings.”
“Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists.”
“I often think myself to be so ingenious that I dont even realize that my own plans may actually be my own undoing. Therefore, I might be wise to realize that Gods plans undo what Ive done thats und...”
“If I see God as nothing more than a caricature of history or imagination I cannot do anything less than make myself my own god. And once I realize that in doing so my rendition of being a god is em...”
“We only set the clocks back and forth in the arrogant belief we have some influence with almighty Time.”
“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.”
“Many of us fight for and boast our freedom of what is ultimately the ability to prove ourselves to other people. It is unfortunate that only a few of us are so free in our joy, we no longer feel th...”
“Cockiness the state subjective or intuitive state of self-assurance is a sign of ignorance. Maturity comes with encountering the horrible and learning about what a person can withstand.”
“Ignorance paired with arrogance (navet) is logical, but arrogance paired with awareness (ego) is toxic.”
“Go the extra mile to do the undone, but work within your limits, and in doing so also, dont be a coward to question things within your limit that are not all that right, and dont be too arrogant or...”
“...you cannot be a leader if no one is willing to follow and work alongside you. An arrogant person does not ask for help and is therefore helpless. An arrogant person claims to know everything and...”
