“Self-loathing is a natural and a necessary consequence of those intellectual views of self that are implied in repentance.”

“I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out.”

“God, is this all it is, the ricocheting down the corridor of laughter and tears? Of self-worship and self-loathing? Of glory and disgust?”

“Why does shame and self-loathing become cruelty to the innocent?”

“Personality implies a self-realizing human.”

“The trick… is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.”

“Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral sensitivities.”

“Europe’s elites are characterised by cultural self-loathing, combined with a heavy dose of cowardice.”

“The 'I', the 'self' of the child of God, is born in the midst of the ruins of repented idolatry.”

“The World War II generation faced threats head-on. Now, by inactivity or through liberal self-loathing, we help those who are trying to kill us.”