Why is our own participation in scapegoating so difficult to perceive and the participation of others so easy? To us, our fears and prejudices never appear as such because they determine our vision of people we despise, we fear, and against whom we discriminate.
What others say and do is a projection of their own reality.
Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself.
If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?
I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith.
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"
My knowledge of myself is direct, synthetic, from within outwards; my knowledge of other persons is indirect, analytical, from outside inwards. My knowledge of myself starts at the core; that of others at the crust.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
