A Quote by Guy R. McPherson

Feeling superior doesn't make one superior. Hubris does not humble others.

Guy R. McPherson

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Does Feeling Hubris Humble Make Others Superior

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Guy R. McPherson
Born: 1960

A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.

Alexander Pope

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior

Wallace Shawn

To be a 'believer' does not make you superior to others; but to be a 'humanist' does make it so!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Because feeling love does make you feel superior. Until you find out you aren't loved back.

Kaui Hart Hemmings

A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

Frank Borman

What you're saying is that 'I, the superior elite, will take care of you.' Why? Because, you see, that superior, elite group needs to feel superior and elite. And they can't be superior and elite unless you have a whole lot of people down there groveling around. So you keep them down there by feeding them.

Ben Carson

Most people seem to take pleasure in feeling superior to someone. I'm not like that, which pleases me because it makes me feel superior.

Steven Brust

Through being "right", you feel superior and through feeling superior you strengthen your sense of self. In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego.

Eckhart Tolle

As Abraham Lincoln said, if there is to be a superior position, he would rather that superior position be assigned to the White race. That superior position must be protected by those who believe in White supremacy and they will do everything in their power to make sure that that position will always be throughout the generations.

Louis Farrakhan

The [classical] liberal, of course, does not deny that there are some superior people -- he is not an egalitarian -- but he denies that anyone has authority to decide who these superior people are.

Friedrich August von Hayek

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.