Chapter 21: The deans of the monastery

If any of the deans are affected by some breath of pride which lays them open to adverse criticism, they should be corrected once or twice or even three times. (From para. 2 of Ch. 21 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

Benedict's use of the term "breath of pride" reminds me that the ego can infiltrate anything, so that what starts out as service to others, can, through pride, become contaminated.