Author: Jeffrey Skevington

“The man who thinks himself virtuous in fearing an angry god will soon begin to see virtue in submission to earthly tyrants.” – Bertrand Russell

He who becomes compassionate to the cruel will ultimately become cruel to the compassionate. – The Midrash

“Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.” – Albert Camus

“It is not enough to be good, you must also be just.” – Marcus Aurelius

“He who is not angry when there is just cause is immoral.” – Thomas Aquinas

“A wise man proportions his beliefs to the evidence.” – David Hume

“No man is good by chance. Virtue is something which must be learned.” – Seneca

“Who has a harder fight than he who is trying to overcome himself?” – Thomas Kempis

“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” – Alejandro Jodorowsky

“We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth that is bitter.” – Denis Diderot