“We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.”

“… for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.”

“We will never be a pawn in someone else's game. We will always be Afghanistan.”

“There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.”

“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”

“To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation.”

“Having never discovered qualities in myself that might attract someone else, I could never believe that anyone felt attracted to me.”

“All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.”

“Before we try to destroy someone else, we should first pass judgment on ourselves. Before finding fault with others, we must first pass judgment upon ourselves. Before we backbite others, we must first pass judgment upon our­ selves. Before we lie about others, we must first judge ourselves. Before we hurt the heart of another, we must first pass judgment on ourselves. Like that, we have to pass judgment on our thoughts and on all actions done by our eyes, ears, nose, hands, and mouth. The guilty ones are within our own body and mind. These are our qualities which exist in our actions. All these qualities exist within us, do they not? So we have to pass judgment on them. That is the state of Iman-Islam. That is what is called Islam. To first see the fault in yourself and then to pass judgment and correct yourself is true justice. Those who perform that justice are in the religion of truth. They are the leaders of the religion of truth. They are in the state of Iman-Islam. They are the true believers.”

“Where are we going?” Annabelle asked, resisting his hold on her wrist.
“To the house. If they’re not willing to be witnesses, then it seems I’ll have to debauch you in front of someone else.”