in a much better position to enjoy life

"Christianity, as we know, demands humility. That is a hard course to steer when the rest of the world (and many Christian preachers with it) urges us in the other direction. But whatever can be said against humility, this much can bes said for it: the humble person is in a much better position to enjoy life. He is, because he can still be surprised. He can take unexpected pleasure in life because anything he gets is more than expected.

The proud man, on the other hand, can never get much satisfaction because what he gets is always less than what he feels he deserves. It's not that good things don't come his way. It's just that when they do, he can't maintain any interest in them. His focus on himself crowds out the appreciation of what is not himself."