“Arrogance cannot bear to see itself scorned and humility held in honor.”

— Symeon the New Theologian

One Hundred and Fifty-three Practical and Theological Texts, in Philokalia, Text 13

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Christian saint, monk, and theologian 949–1022

Thomas Anthony Daly (1960) Catholic bishop

Bishop Daly: Catholic schools should embrace faith, never compromise https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/46624/bishop-daly-catholic-schools-should-embrace-faith-never-compromise (18 November 2020)

“The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

Misattributed

“The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.”

Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist

Martin Luther, quoted at the beginning of The Screwtape Letters
Misattributed

“In naturalism, man is actually very insignificant, but arrogates to himself stupendous power. In Christianity, man is actually the apex of created significance, but is called to see it in abject humility.”

Ravi Zacharias (1946) Indian philosopher

Created for Significance

“This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.”

Dan Quayle (1947) American politician, lawyer

Speech to the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis (9 June 1992)

“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.”

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect (1867-1959)

As quoted in The World's Best Thoughts on Life & Living (1981) compiled by Eugene Raudsepp; also quoted in The Michigan Daily http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/nov/11-10-98/arts/arts2.html (10 November 1998)

“All politicians are humble, and seldom let you forget it. They go around the country boasting about their humility. They are proud of their humility. Many are downright arrogant about their humility and insist that it qualifies them to be President.”

Russell Baker (1925–2019) writer and satirst from the United States

"The Big Town" (p.283)
So This Is Depravity (1980)

“No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.”

Simone de Beauvoir book The Second Sex

Source: The Second Sex

“Gratitude is a sign of maturity. It is an indication of sincere humility. It is a hallmark of civility. And most of all it is a divine principle. … Indeed, gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the knowledge that we will need help every step of the way.”

Gordon B. Hinckley book Standing for Something

Standing for Something: Ten Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes.

“Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Human, All Too Human

I.332 http://books.google.com/books?id=Nl-vaAdJD3MC&pg=PA139&dq=:%22Arrogance+on+the+part+of+the+meritorious+is+even+more+offensive+to+us%22&hl=en&ei=7HFTTKGJOcmhnQfSrsXJAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%3A%22Arrogance%20on%20the%20part%20of%20the%20meritorious%20is%20even%20more%20offensive%20to%20us%22&f=false
Human, All Too Human (1878)

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