Knowing one's own faults; censoriousness and a hasty critical spirit; judging others while ignorant of ourselves; bearing criticism well.
- Temptations in Me John Newton
In London I’m in a crowd of temptations, but in the country there is a crowd of temptations in me. My mind is a Vanity Fair.
- Theory Induced Blindness Daniel Kahneman
Once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws. If you come upon an observation that does not …
- Small Talk and the Heart David Powlison
Something as innocuous, as seemingly meaningless, careless, casual as small talk, when you take it apart, bears a freight of profound messages that every word you say and …
- Our Innate Disease John Calvin
It is, as it were, an innate disease in mankind to seek reputation by blaming others.
- Good Ol' Days The Teacher
‘Say not, Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
- Be Self Controlled Paul the Apostle
Urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
- Jane Austen on Boys and Girls Jane Austen
It would be , could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of …
- Chopin on Difficulties Slurred Over Frederic Chopin
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.
- Striving After the Wind The Teacher
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my …