Quote of the Day

“Persons of delicate fibres and a weak constitution of body complain, that in looking on the sores and ulcers which are exposed by beggars in the streets, they are apt to feel an itching or uneasy sensation in the corresponding part of their own bodies. The horror which they conceive at the misery of those wretches affects that particular part in themselves more than any other; because that horror arises from conceiving what they themselves would suffer, if they really were the wretches whom they are looking upon.” — Adam Smith, “Of Sympathy,” The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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“’You can speak truth to power,’ Joel-Andrew explained, ‘but when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy. It accuses you of its own insecurity.’” — Jack Cady, The Off Season

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“Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure — never sure of her because you aren’t sure of yourself?” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“All bullies are largely the same. They threaten the weak to feed some insecurity that rages inside them.” — James Comey, A Higher Loyalty

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“When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.” — Mignon McLaughlin, The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook

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“When someone is sure, they’re usually young or insecure.” — Bob Lefsetz, “More Life Lessons”, The Lefsetz Letter

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“Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances.” — Jane Jacobs, Dark Age Ahead

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“Character is not something one can fool people about. … They may forgive a person for a great deal: incompetence, ignorance, insecurity, or bad manners. But they will not forgive a lack of integrity in that person.”— Peter Drucker, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices