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“No! I cannot love people whom I find that I look down on. I need someone who would himself master me, but then, goodness me, I shall never come across anyone like that. I will never fall into anybody’s clutches, never, never.”
Ivan Turgenev
Love
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Pride
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Independence
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Power
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Longing
2.
“Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea.”
Charles Lamb
Patriotism
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Nation
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Honor
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Pride
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Freedom
3.
“We’re all working together; that’s the secret. And we’ll lower the cost of living for everyone, not just in America, but we’ll give the world an opportunity to see what it’s like to save and have a better lifestyle, a better life for all. We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished ; we’ve just begun.”
Sam Walton
Teamwork
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Savings
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Lifestyle
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Pride
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Vision
4.
“In England people are very proud of being very stupid.”
V.S. Naipaul
England
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Society
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Intelligence
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Pride
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Criticism
5.
“The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.”
Ramakrishna
Vanity
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Saint
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Ego
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Pride
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Humility
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“God cannot be realized if there is the slightest trace of pride.”
Ramakrishna
Humility
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God
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Realization
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Pride
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Ego
7.
“He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it.”
Plutarch
Humility
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Ego
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Recognition
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Pride
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Expectation
8.
“But the pride of those who live as if they believed they were better than anyone else is rooted in a secret failure to believe in their own goodness.”
Thomas Merton
Pride
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Ego
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Self-Worth
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Humility
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Human Nature
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“In the devil's theology, the important thing is to be absolutely right and to prove that everybody else is absolutely wrong.”
Thomas Merton
Pride
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Judgment
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Self-Righteousness
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Spiritual Truth
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Perception
10.
“For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one’s own contingent self, cannot exist where there is no contingent self to which anything can be attributed.”
Thomas Merton
Pride
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Humility
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Self-awareness
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Detachment
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Spiritual Growth
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“Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real.”
Thomas Merton
Pride
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Humility
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Authenticity
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Ego
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Truth
12.
“Indeed, it is a kind of quintessence of pride to hate and fear even the kind and legitimate approval of those who love us! I mean, to resent it as a humiliating patronage.”
Thomas Merton
Pride
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Fear
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Approval
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Self-Awareness
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Relationships
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“On Pride: This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is hopeless.”
Thomas Merton
Pride
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Humility
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Self-Deception
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Arrogance
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Wisdom
14.
“But precisely this illusion that everything is “clear” is what is blinding us all. It is a serious temptation, and it is a subtle form of pride and worldly love of power and revenge.”
Thomas Merton
Illusion
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Clarity
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Pride
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Power
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Temptation
15.
“As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Citizenship
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Patriotism
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Pride
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Freedom
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Identity
16.
“Americans are very patriotic.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Patriotism
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Nationalism
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Society
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Pride
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Identity
17.
“Of course, now I had to show I was worthy, but I didn’t feel at all concerned. I would do whatever it took to get there. I didn’t share my feelings of pride with anybody. My style was to keep moving and not reflect too much. But it felt great.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Determination
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Achievement
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Focus
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Hard Work
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Pride
18.
“I believe with all my heart that America remains ‘the great idea’ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
America
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Patriotism
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Citizenship
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Pride
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Gratitude
19.
“Our pride and self-importance are European, while our development and actions are Asiatic.”
Anton Chekhov
Pride
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Self-Importance
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Culture
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Identity
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Development
20.
“When we retreat to the country, we are hiding not from people, but from our pride, which, in the city and among people, operates unfairly and immoderately.”
Anton Chekhov
Pride
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Solitude
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Escape
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Society
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Reflection
21.
“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.”
Anton Chekhov
Women
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Forgiveness
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Sacrifice
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Relationships
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Pride
22.
“Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.”
Chanakya
Blindness
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Lust
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Pride
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Greed
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Ignorance
23.
“I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion.”
Herbert Hoover
Pride
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Devotion
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Passion
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Commitment
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Longevity
24.
“Exalted by a sentiment of which she was proud, and that overcame all her arrogance, she was reluctant to let a moment of her life go by without occupying it with some remarkable deed.”
Stendhal
Pride
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Passion
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Determination
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Arrogance
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Action
25.
“Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.”
Seneca
Pride
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Heritage
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Humility
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Perspective
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Status
26.
“No man ought to glory except in that which is his own.”
Seneca
Pride
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Integrity
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Achievement
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Self-Reliance
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Authenticity
27.
“That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.”
Seneca
Generosity
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Pride
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Humility
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Charity
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Motivation
28.
“The tyrant is a child of pride.”
Sophocles
Tyrant
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Child
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Pride
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Arrogance
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Rule
29.
“There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.”
Sophocles
Happiness
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Wisdom
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Gods
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Pride
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Punishment
30.
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
Sophocles
Mistakes
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Good
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Pride
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Correction
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Humility
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