Quote by J. Gresham Machen

“you have a habit of being quick to place people into categories of right and wrong, holy and profane, then what I hope is…

— David Lomas

“So I caution you, beware of those who mock goodness and self-discipline.”

— Robin Hobb

“As for self-deceit, most people find it as essential for survival as air. You rarely indulge in it.”

— Dean Koontz

“It is, as you know, very, very rude and usually unnecessary to use profanity.”

— Lemony Snicket

“I didn't know whether it was better to maintain a fierce distinction between yourself and your acquaintances in society in order to deal with…

— Osamu Dazai

“One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.”

— Moliere

“If you put away those who report accurately, you’ll keep only those who know what you want to hear. I can think of nothing…

— Frank Herbert

“Opinions are caught like infection, and put into practice without examination.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“...we ought to think with the learned, and speak with the vulgar .”

— George Berkeley

“avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.”

— Kevin Kelly

“Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.”

— Idries Shah