“Arrogance is a creature. It does not have senses.It has only a sharp tongue and the pointing finger.”
“What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness.”
“Our age not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it no longer has much feeling for the nature of the violences which precede and follow them.”
“If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.”
“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”
“If your blade were as sharp as your tongue, you'd have sliced my through years ago.”