Originally posted by screwtape:
C. S. Lewis on Spiritual Pride:
(Note that SCREWTAPE considers Spiritual Pride to be the "strongest and most beautiful of vices"; therefore, his point of view is hopefully quite different from our own).
My dear Wormwood,
The World and the Flesh have
failed us; a third Power remains. And success of this third kind is the most glorious of all. A spoiled saint, a Pharisee, an inquisitor, or a magician, makes better sport in Hell than a mere common tyrant or debauchee.
Your affectionate uncle,
SCREWTAPE