Each era has the fatal hubris to believe that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible.

Eric Metaxas
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In Life's story, there is no end. The final chapter is not written. Life has no end, no beginning and no end. In the midst of each era, there will always be a hubris that believes that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible.

This hubris is a delusion. It is a curse on mankind. We cannot live in a world where we feel we have reached the top of a mountain and can see everything as it is from that vantage point.

Source: Seven Women: And The Secret Of Their Greatness

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