“A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.”

— Clive Staples Lewis, book Mere Christianity

Book III, Chapter 8, "The Great Sin" http://books.google.com/books?id=OF-YSMKCVwMC&q=%22A+proud+man+is+always+looking+down+on+things+and+people+and+of+course+as+long+as+you+are+looking+down+you+cannot+see+something+that+is+above+you%22&pg=PA124#v=onepage <br class="br">Mere Christianity (1952)

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