I have more flaws, more faults and more sins than common sense can comprehend; and the condescension in this sentence 'consequents' in more to end.

Every new generation believes its own period to be absolutely superior intellectually - greater than all past cultures yet equal among its modern cultures.

So the paradox goes: No man who is really ignorant is ever aware that he is ignorant. That is its finest, most faulty manifestation; there can be no true ignorance without first some claim of intelligence or consciousness, or superiority or enlightenment.

A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all - but loving only himself.

Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning.

I'm not offended until you think I'm offended.

Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.

With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.

One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large.