Quotes about Hubris

Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.

But power deluded those who used it. One tended to believe power could overcome any barrier … including one's own ignorance.

According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride.

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.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

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.

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

Avarice, envy, pride,Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of allOn Fire.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

Pride goes before destruction.

Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.

A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.