(March 5, 2013 at 1:32 pm)jstrodel Wrote: It is not a bad thing, but it is very vain and small to center your life around trying to prove that you are smarter than other people.
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You seem to confuse knowledge and intelligence with being arrogant and showy. Intelligence does not necessarily lead to arogance.
(March 5, 2013 at 1:32 pm)jstrodel Wrote: To understand what the world around teaches us requires patience and humility and listening and putting aside what one wants to find and letting the world speak for itself. People that are proud do not do this, they focus on what they already believe and close their minds to what the world around would reveal to them.Such beautiful irony...(not necessarily talking about you personally)
(March 5, 2013 at 1:32 pm)jstrodel Wrote: If you are intentionally proud and haughty, you should stop. It will harm others.How so? I mean, sure, it's annoying, but what do you mean by "harm"?
