“But Pride always means enmity -- it is enmity. And not only enmity between man and man, but enmity to God.”

“Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing. The central feature of pride is enmity – enmity towards God and enmity toward our fellowmen. ”

“There is no friendship possible between men and women[...]. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”

“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”

“Contention murders creativity and stupidity is in enmity with freethinking.”

“Man is to be understood only in his relation to God.”

“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.”