Pride and Humility...

A man of piety was following Christ. A thief seeing this thought to
himself, "If I sit in the company of the pious one, perhaps God may for
his sake forgive me." Prompted by humility in his heart, the thief
started condeming himself for the impious life he had led. He
considered himself unfit to sit by the side of such a saint. On the
other hand, the pious man, seeing the thief seated by his side,
reprimanded him least his shadow corrupt him. Immediately Christ heard
the Divine Voice say, "Tell the pious one and the thief that I have
washed clean the scrolls of both. The virtues of the pious and the
sins of the thief are washed clean. Now they must start life again.
The virtues of the pious are washed away because of his pride, and the
sins of the thief are washed away because of his humility and
repentance."

al-Ghazzali
as collected by James Fadiman & Robert Frager