A quiet conscience makes one so serene! Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded... That all the Apostles would have done as they did.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count ...for nothing in that very well-lit back alley where one keeps assignations with oneself: no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn lists of good intentions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... people were so ridiculous with their illusions, carrying their fools' caps unawares, thinking their own lies opaque while ever...ybody else's were transparent, making themselves exceptions to everything, as if when all the world looked yellow under a lamp they alone were rosy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the so...ul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »