As soon as a person with narrow mentality beholds any merit in himself

"As soon as a person with narrow mentality beholds any merit in himself, he imagines himself to enjoy a kind of superiority. He thinks he has acquired a higher station, whereas, if he justly evaluates it and judges his accomplishments and merits, he would see that what he imagined to be perfection and is so proud of is not at all an accomplishment or merit; and even if it were a merit, how insignificant it was when compared to other persons’ accomplishments."

IMAM KHOMEINI (R)