{"quotes":[{"text":"Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given' their lives. But on what assurance did we know that these gifts had really been made? Only the survivors—the living—could attest to it. In order to know that a person had truly laid down his life for his friends, or comrades, one would have to hear it from his own lips, or at least have heard it promised in advance. And that presented another difficulty. Many brave and now dead soldiers had nonetheless been conscripts. The known martyrs—those who actually, voluntarily sought death and rejoiced in the fact—had been the kamikaze pilots, immolating themselves to propitiate a 'divine' emperor who looked (as Orwell once phrased it) like a monkey on a stick. Their Christian predecessors had endured torture and death (as well as inflicted it) in order to set up a theocracy. Their modern equivalents would be the suicide murderers, who mostly have the same aim in mind. About people who set out to lose their lives, then, there seems to hang an air of fanaticism: a gigantic sense of self-importance unattractively fused with a masochistic tendency to self-abnegation. Not whol.","author":"Christopher Hitchens","tags":["boyhood","causes","childhood","christian-martyrs","christianity","comrades","conscription","death","fanaticism","friends","kamikaze","martyrdom","martyrs","masochism","memorials","november","orwell","patriotism","poppies","principles","religion","sacrifice","self-abnegation","self-importance","soldiers","suicide","suicide-attack","theocracy","torture","ugliness","war"],"id":11922,"author_id":"Christopher+Hitchens"},{"text":"Self importance is pride of a soul.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["humble-yourself","inspirational","pride","self-importance","wise-sayings"],"id":13174,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"It is not reputation, fame, success or religiosity that glorifies God, it's slavery.","author":"indonesia123","tags":["acquiescent","arrogance","biddable","compliant","conceit","conceitedness","deferential","diffident","docile","ego","egocentrism","egotism","fame","gentle","glorify-god","glorify-self-vs-glorify-god","glorifying-god","glory-of-god","glory-of-life","glory-of-me","glory-of-one","glory-of-self","glory-of-self-vs-glory-of-god","god-s-glorification","hubris","humble","humbleness","humility","immodesty","imperiousness","lamblike","meek","mild","modest","modesty","narcissism","obedient","pomposity","pompousness","pride","quiet","religiosity","reputation","self-admiration","self-centeredness","self-conceit","self-effacing","self-glorification","self-glory","self-glory-vs-god-s-glory","self-importance","self-love","self-opinion","self-pride","self-regard","self-respect","self-satisfaction","selfishness","slavery","smugness","submissive","success","superiority","tame","tractable","unassuming","unprotesting","unresisting","vainglory","vanity"],"id":23251,"author_id":"indonesia123"},{"text":"I find it sad that too many do not understand themselves, or their potential. They don't even take the time to get to know their unconsciousness. You can truly learn so much, by simply getting to know the 'you' that is behind the reality of yourself.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["inner-self","self-importance","self-improvement"],"id":24660,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"Sweet wine makes drunk, sour wine (insult) is 'tetelestai'. Life is not about what we have done and become, but how God to be fully glorified.","author":"indonesia123","tags":["acclaim","acquiescent","admiration","adoration","applaud","arrogance","beauty","biddable","bless","blessing","boast","celebrate","commend","compliant","conceit","conceitedness","deferential","delight","diffident","distinction","docile","drunk","ego","egocentrism","egotism","elegance","eminence","eulogize","exaltation","exaltation-of-god","extol","extolment","fame","fully-paid","gentle","glorify-god","glorify-god-in-everything","glorify-self-vs-glorify-god","glorifying-god","glorifying-god","glory","glory-of-god","glory-of-life","glory-of-man","glory-of-me","glory-of-one","glory-of-self","glory-of-self-vs-glory-of-god","glory-of-the-world","glory-to-god","glory-to-self","god","god-s-exaltation","god-s-glorification","god-s-glory","god-s-grandeur","god-s-greatness","god-s-honor","god-s-magnificence","god-s-majesty","god-s-praise","grandeur","grandeur-of-god","greatness","greatness-of-god","honor","honor-of-god","hubris","humble","humbleness","humility","immodesty","imperiousness","insult","it-is-finished","kudos","lamblike","last-words-of-jesus","life","lionize","magnificence","magnificence-of-god","magnify","majesty","majesty-of-god","marvel","meek","mild","modest","modesty","narcissism","nobility","obedient","opulence","pay-tribute-to","phenomenon","pomposity","pompousness","popularity","praise","praise-of-god","prestige","pride","that-glorify-god","rave","recognition","renown","reputation","resplendence","saying-of-jesus-on-cross","self","self-admiration","self-adoration","self-centeredness","self-conceit","self-effacing","self-exaltation","self-extolment","self-glorification","self-glorifying","self-glory","self-glory-vs-god-s-glory","self-honor","self-importance","self-love","self-magnification","self-magnifying","self-opinion","self-praise","self-pride","self-regard","self-respect","self-righteous","self-satisfaction","self-worship","selfishness","smugness","sour-wine","splendor","submissive","superiority","sweet-wine","tame","tetelestai","tractable","unassuming","unprotesting","unresisting","vainglory","vanity","wonder","worship"],"id":41626,"author_id":"indonesia123"},{"text":"[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or knife point can pierce a great, bulging sack and that a small fly can attack a great lion and speedily put him to flight.","author":"Christine de Pizan","tags":["attacks","beliefs","clichés","convictions","dignity","double-standards","feminism","gender","hypocrisy","insults","men","misogyny","preconceptions","prejudice","repartee","self-esteem","self-importance","slander","stereotypes","wit","women"],"id":53673,"author_id":"Christine+de+Pizan"},{"text":"Big things in the glory of the world mean nothing. Small things in glory of God mean everything. Truly..., size doesn't matter in this world or in the world to come.","author":"indonesia123","tags":["acclaim","acquiescent","admiration","adoration","applaud","arrogance","beauty","biddable","big-things","bless","blessing","boast","celebrate","commend","compliant","conceit","conceitedness","deferential","delight","diffident","distinction","docile","ego","egocentrism","egotism","elegance","eminence","eulogize","everything","exaltation","exaltation-of-god","extol","extolment","fame","gentle","glorify-god","glorify-god-in-everything","glorify-self-vs-glorify-god","glorifying-god","glorifying-god","glory","glory-of-god","glory-of-life","glory-of-man","glory-of-me","glory-of-one","glory-of-self","glory-of-self-vs-glory-of-god","glory-of-the-world","glory-to-god","glory-to-self","god","god-s-exaltation","god-s-glorification","god-s-glory","god-s-grandeur","god-s-greatness","god-s-honor","god-s-magnificence","god-s-majesty","god-s-praise","grandeur","grandeur-of-god","greatness","greatness-of-god","honor","honor-of-god","hubris","humble","humbleness","humility","immodesty","imperiousness","kudos","lamblike","lionize","magnificence","magnificence-of-god","magnify","majesty","majesty-of-god","marvel","meek","mild","modest","modesty","narcissism","nobility","nothing","obedient","opulence","pay-tribute-to","phenomenon","pomposity","pompousness","popularity","praise","praise-of-god","prestige","pride","that-glorify-god","rave","recognition","renown","reputation","resplendence","self","self-admiration","self-adoration","self-centeredness","self-conceit","self-effacing","self-exaltation","self-extolment","self-glorification","self-glorifying","self-glory","self-glory-vs-god-s-glory","self-honor","self-importance","self-love","self-magnification","self-magnifying","self-opinion","self-praise","self-pride","self-regard","self-respect","self-righteous","self-satisfaction","self-worship","selfishness","size-doesn-t-matter","size-matter","small-things","smugness","splendor","submissive","superiority","tame","this-world","tractable","truly","unassuming","unprotesting","unresisting","vainglory","vanity","wonder","world-to-come","worship"],"id":53968,"author_id":"indonesia123"},{"text":"Yesterday I was clever so I took the glory for me. Today HE makes me wise so I give the glory to HIM.","author":"indonesia123","tags":["acclaim","acquiescent","admiration","adoration","applaud","arrogance","beauty","biddable","bless","blessing","boast","celebrate","clever","commend","compliant","conceit","conceitedness","deferential","delight","diffident","distinction","docile","ego","egocentrism","egotism","elegance","eminence","eulogize","exaltation","exaltation-of-god","extol","extolment","fame","gentle","glorify-god","glorify-god-in-everything","glorify-self-vs-glorify-god","glorifying-god","glorifying-god","glory","glory-of-god","glory-of-life","glory-of-man","glory-of-me","glory-of-one","glory-of-self","glory-of-self-vs-glory-of-god","glory-of-the-world","glory-to-god","glory-to-self","god","god-s-exaltation","god-s-glorification","god-s-glory","god-s-grandeur","god-s-greatness","god-s-honor","god-s-magnificence","god-s-majesty","god-s-praise","grandeur","grandeur-of-god","greatness","greatness-of-god","honor","honor-of-god","hubris","humble","humbleness","humility","immodesty","imperiousness","kudos","lamblike","lionize","magnificence","magnificence-of-god","magnify","majesty","majesty-of-god","marvel","meek","mild","modest","modesty","narcissism","nobility","obedient","opulence","pay-tribute-to","phenomenon","pomposity","pompousness","popularity","praise","praise-of-god","prestige","pride","that-glorify-god","rave","recognition","renown","reputation","resplendence","self","self-admiration","self-adoration","self-centeredness","self-conceit","self-effacing","self-exaltation","self-extolment","self-glorification","self-glorifying","self-glory","self-glory-vs-god-s-glory","self-honor","self-importance","self-love","self-magnification","self-magnifying","self-opinion","self-praise","self-pride","self-regard","self-respect","self-righteous","self-satisfaction","self-worship","selfishness","smugness","splendor","submissive","superiority","tame","today","tractable","unassuming","unprotesting","unresisting","vainglory","vanity","wise","wonder","worship","yesterday"],"id":76801,"author_id":"indonesia123"},{"text":"Here in Alpha City, we have a common saying: “What we call ‘sky’ is merely a figment of our narrative.” The most dreamy-eyed among us seem to adorn themselves and their aspirations in that proverb and you’ll see it everywhere: in advertisements on the sides of streetcars and auto-rickshaws, spelled out in studs and rhinestones on designer jackets, emblazoned in the intricate designs of facial tattoos—even painted on city walls by putrid vandals and inspiring street artists. There is something glorious about kneading out into the doughy firmament the depth and breadth of one’s own universe, in rendering the contours of a sky whose limits are predicated only upon the bounds of one’s own imagination. The fact of the matter is that we cannot see the natural sky at all here. It is something like a theoretical mathematical expression: like the square-root of ‘negative one’—certainly it could be said to have a purpose for existing, but to cast eyes upon it, in its natural quantity, would be something akin to casting one’s eyes upon the raw elements comprising our everyday sustenance. How many of us have even borne close witness to the minute chemical compounds that react to lend battery power to our portable electronics? The sky is indeed such a concealed fixture now. It is fair to say that we have purged our memories of its true face and so we can only approximate a canvas and project our desires upon it to our heart’s dearest fancy. The most cynical among us would ostensibly declare it an unavoidable tragedy, but perhaps even these hardened individuals could not remember the naked sky well enough to know if what they were missing was something worthwhile. Perhaps, it’s cynical of me to say so! In any case, we have our searchlights pointed upwards and crisscrossing that expanse of heavens as though to make some sensational and profane joke of ourselves to the surrounding universe. We beam already video images of beauty pageants and dancing contests with smiling mannequins who look like buffoons. And so, the face of space cloaks itself behind our light pollution—in this respect, our mirrored sidewalks and lustrous streets do little to help our cause—and that face remains hidden from us in its jeering ridicule, its mocking laughter at this inexorable farce of human existence.","author":"Ashim Shanker","tags":["absurdism","imagination","narrative","projection","self-importance","sky","solipsism","technological-progress"],"id":80900,"author_id":"Ashim+Shanker"},{"text":"Consider an achievement accidental if it is not coupled with modesty. Because if the achiever had endeavoured for it, it would certainly have killed their pride.","author":"Raheel Farooq","tags":["achievement","arrogance","arrogance-and-attitude","conceit","egotism","haughtiness","hubris","modesty","pomposity","pride","self-importance","sense-of-superiority","success","vanity"],"id":89900,"author_id":"Raheel+Farooq"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":40,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}