“How many times during the day do we feel pain because our pride is hurt? Pride, the exacerbation of self-importance, consists of being infatuated with the few [good] qualities we possess and, often, of imagining ourselves to possess those we lack. It hinders all personal progress, because in order to learn we must first believe that we do not know. In the words of one Tibetan saying: “The water of good qualities does not pool on top of the rock of pride.”
– Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill by Matthieu Ricard