“Nothing in the study of history is cheaper than the exercise of unearned self-righteousness that derives from nothing more virtuous than ordinary hindsight.”
“Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.”
“Nothing is more convincing than self-belief...”
“There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.”
“There's no one more obnoxious and self-righteous than the self-made man. And no one more admirable.”
“Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. ”