Seneca the Younger Quotes

There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

A fool always accuses other people; a partially wise man himself; a wholly wise man, neither himself nor others.

There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner.

May we be as severe with ourselves over our own subtle sins as we are with the vile sins we condemn in others

Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.

Men do monstrous things but if you call a man a monster you have absolved yourself of blame. You don't have to think that you might ever do these things. I don't think that's true

it is hard for anyone who is dissatisfied not to blame some one else, and especially the person nearest of all to him, for the ground of his dissatisfaction.

Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character, and passions, his mistakes, and weaknesses."--Democritus An Abundance of Katherines---John Green

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.

And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn’t do or what they didn’t know. I don’t know. I guess there would always be someone to blame.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

Each person is responsible only for his or her own sins. Even the Christian doctrine of 'original sin' does not mean that humans are punished for the sin of the first human pair but, rather, that humans seem inevitably to copy the sin of the first human pair.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.

He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.