
“It is more profitable to be mindful of our own faults than of those of our age.”
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“It is more profitable to be mindful of our own faults than of those of our age.”
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
Part VI: Welcome to the Dollhouse, page 239.
Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion, From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond (2005)
Context: Cruel and callous when on top, afraid and smiling all the way to the grave when not- that pretty much sums up the post-Reagan zeitgeist. And if you're not just as cheerful as the rest, "you've got some personal problems." You're a weirdo if you complain. It's your own fault if you're traumatized by a massacre. It's your own fault if you're poor. It's your own fault if you get downsized, overworked, bullied, and fail. Get over it.
Source: This Book Will Save Your Life (2006), P. 325.
“View all conflicts as your own fault first.”
Books, Spiritual Warrior, Volume III: Solace for the Heart in Difficult Times (Hari-Nama Press, 2000)
“We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct.”
Nous essayons de nous faire honneur des défauts que nous ne voulons pas corriger.
Maxim 442.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
" On the Pleasure of Hating http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Hazlitt/Hating.htm" (c. 1826)
The Plain Speaker (1826)