Vanity, definitely my favorite sin! Maybe you remeber this quotation from '' The Devil's Advocate''. It is told by John Milton, the Devil himself. This movie is very deep, it has very strong message, and when you think a bit more about it, you will realize that point of the whole movie is actually vainty.
https://sheisdevil.tumblr.com/post/72494266941/lo-spettro-the-ghost-1963 Vainty of one young man, who knows how good he is. He knows that he is the best, he knows that he can get to the top, he know that he will have all what he would love to have. A bit about vanity How do we know where is the border between 'I know that I am good', and vanity. People need to be self-confident, people need to know how good they are, how much they can, but people need to know that they are not the best.
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/What-are-your-recent-experiences-with-church-/5-2037681/ No matter how good you are, you are not the best. Nobody is the best. And, we are all replacable. Our boss, our partner, our friends, everyone can replace us. That is hard sometimes, sometimes it is very easy, but everyone can be replaced with another person. ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY GOOD ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT THE BEST! You can do it, but you are not the only one You are maybe a good doctor, good pizza maker, good lawyer, good actor, but you are not the only one. There are also some other people, who are also good. They can do same things as you. Your value is not bigger thatn their value. You are equal human being, with similar abilities. Someone is a bit better, someone is a bit worse. Accept other people's opinions There are many people, who know something what you do not know, who have seen something what you have not seen, who have been somewhere where you have never been. Because of that, many people can tell you many things that can help you a lot. Many people have amazing advices for you. Many people are there for you. To help you. To make you become even better than you are now. Well, listen to those people, look what they are showing to you. Think about their advices. Think about their life experience. That can help you avoid many mistakes that they were making during their lives. BE READY TO ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE, WHO KNOW THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW YET! And, things that you do not know yet, you can find out by listening to other, or by making mistakes that htye have already made. If you decide to make mistakes that is not good for you. Of course, there are some mistakes that you will have to make by yourself, but there are also some that you do not.
https://www.deviantart.com/shutterbug13/art/Vanity-Seven-Deadly-Sins-75498200 Vanity as deadly sin Vanity is one of the seven deadly sins. People who are too proud to confess that they are sometimes wrong are sinners. And, guess what, that is true. I know, some of you do not believe and story abnoput seven deadly sins may be happy to you. But, think about it a bit. People, who are too proud to even think of other people opinions can make a lot of damage to themselves. You can make horrible mistakes and destroy your own life. Back to the movie Now, we will again talk a bit about ''The Devil's Advocate'', at first he is accepting the Devil's offer, because of his vainty, he is sure that he is the best, that nobody can be better than him ever. He is sure that we will have them all, that he will get to the top very soon. He is sure that top is his place, that top is something what bolongs to him.
https://tenor.com/view/devils-advocate-vanity-favorite-sin-gif-12350501 And, at the end, when he saw what he has to give if he wants to get to the top, he is rejecting the offer. Again, because of vainty. He again thinks that he can do whatever he wants, he thinks that he is stronger than Devil, that he is better than him, smarter than him... What is your opinion? Is the young lawyer really better than his father. Is he really the best one? Is he the one who has the control over the situation? Who is the one who can do whatever he wants to do? Who is the best? Who is the most powerful one, and why? How do we know that we are powerful enough to do in our lives only what we want to? Where is vanity? Is it between success and failure, between saddness and happiness?
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I didnt watch this movie, In the first beryl we hear the famous preacher's exclamation of the vanity of all things: “Vanity over vanity, everything is vanity! Namely, what one acquires with effort, wisdom, knowledge and skill, he leaves to the share of a man who did not strive for it: This, too, is vanity and a great nuisance.
I think that no matter how smart we are, how much we know and how much we can, if we are not careful, our vanity can destroy it all. Sometimes we do not see what is right because of our vanity.
Surprising how many people there are, who think they know everything, that they are the smartest. They do not understand that there are better than them, as well as worse.
No matter how good you are, you can make mistake. Many mistakes actually. But, what is most important about making mistakes is to see them. We have to be able to see when we are not right. And, vain people do not see when they are not right.
Vanity is a sin, because by doing so you elevate yourself, and you neither appreciate, nor value, nor respect others. A very ugly trait that unfortunately many people possess. As for the movie, I’ve watched it a few times and it’s on the list in my favorite 10 movies. Well done for the article ..
Movie is really great, it is showing one young man, who is doing many tihngs, because of his vanity. Even, when he is doing good things he is doing it because his vanity makes him do that.
Vanity - sweetness for the ego, poison for the soul!
That is so well said! I like this a lot! You are totally right, we should not feed our ego, we should feed our soul.
Vanity is very bad, other people's experiences should be heard, every man is good at something or has seen more than you or read more books.
Every single man can be 'useful', some people are good example, some people are example how we should not do. Vanity will make us blind, and we will not see many things that we should see.
A very bad trait of some people is to listen to other people's opinions