“Truly speech has wonderful strength and power, that through a mere word, proceeding out of the mouth of a poor human creature, the devil, that so proud and powerful spirit, should be driven away, shamed and confounded.” ShouldHumansSpiritPoorPowerfulWonderfulProudCreaturesSpeechMouthsDevilMereDrivenProceeding Book:The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt
“If the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn't forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.” IfsWorldWayHumansEndsWholeFallHuman BeingsForgetProudCreaturesSlaveWhole WorldHonorable Author:Shams Tabrizi
“The exterior must be joined to the interior to obtain anything from God, that is to say, we must kneel, pray with the lips, and soon, in order that proud man, who would not submit himself to God, may be now subject to the creature.” MenMayReligionOrderSubjectsProudPrayingCreaturesWorshipLipsSubmitInteriorsCeremonyExteriorProud Man Author:Blaise Pascal
“They find seven cornices on which penitent and redeemed sinners are cleansed by the grace of God. On the first cornice, that of Pride, the proud are learning humility: Our Father, dwelling in the Heavens, nowise As circumscribed, but as the things above, Thy first effects, are dearer in Thine eyes, Hallowed Thy name be and the Power thereof, By every creature, as right meet it is We praise the tender effluence of Thy love. Let come to us, let come Thy kingdom's peace.” FirstsEyeFatherNamesHeavenPeaceGraceEffectsHumilityPrideProudCreaturesPraiseSevenKingdomsSinnerGrace Of GodOur FatherDwellingRedeemed Author:Dante Alighieri