Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 16: The Divine and the Demonic Natures

Bhagavad Gita 16.4

dambho darpo'bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca | ajñānaṃ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadamāsurīm ||

Hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance: these, Arjuna, belong to one who is born with the demonic nature.

Modern context

The demonic list is short by comparison: hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance. Hypocrisy comes first, just as fearlessness came first in the divine list. Pretending to be what one is not is where much harm begins. Harshness is also named, as the opposite of the gentleness in the divine list. Cruelty in words is a sign of something wrong underneath.