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“The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breeds pride and arrogance.”

Persons Self Individual Religious Pride Truth Is Humble Believer Impression Arrogance Humbling Meekness True Believer Salt Of The Earth Humble Person Pride And Arrogance

Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER

Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER

“The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breed pride and arrogance. The true believer is apt to see himself as one of the chosen, the salt of the earth, a prince disguised in meekness, who is destined to inherit this earth and the kingdom of heaven, too. He who is not of his faith is evil; he who will not listen shall perish.”

Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER

“A whole lot of us go through life assuming that we are basically right, basically all the time, about basically everything: about our political and intellectual convictions, our religious and moral beliefs, our assessments of other people, our memories, our grasp of facts. As absurd as it sounds when we stop to think about it, our steady state seems to be one of unconsciously assuming that we are very close to omniscient.”

“Language became a colorless and as indistinct as the business suit which is now worm by everyone, by the scholar, by the businessman, by the professional killer. Being accustomed to a dry and dreary norm and sees in it an obvious sign of arrogance and aggression; viewing authority with almost religious awe he gets into a frenzy when he sees someone pluck the beard of his favorite prophet.”

Language Religious Authority Obvious Suits Arrogance Prophet Dry Awe Scholar Killers Aggression Businessman Norm Worms Accustomed Beard Dreary Pluck Frenzy Colorless

Author:Paul Feyerabend

“Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious dogma or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious creationists and scientific materialists are equally dogmatic and insensitive. By their arrogance they bring both science and religion into disrepute.”

Religious Trouble Universal Claims Arise Arrogance Dogma Science And Religion Infallible Dogmatic Insensitive Jurisdiction Religious Dogma

Book:Birds and Frogs: Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson, 1990–2014

Source: Birds and Frogs: Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson, 1990–2014