Pride... and The History Boys

"The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has reached out and taken yours."
- Alan Bennett, The History Boys.

I was reminded of that quote just now while reading docbrite's LJ.

"When we're warned of pride, I don't think this means it is a sin to be proud of who you are and what you've accomplished. I think it's a warning against arrogance, against forgetting the people and principles you are responsible to."

And yeah, I got that moment, that moment of: that's it exactly! That's what I've been trying to articulate for years, and here's someone else putting it into the perfect words for me! That's exactly what I feel and believe.