Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself, for example, is more prevalent than precepts.

Gossip can also kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may seem like a nice thing, even amusing, like enjoying a candy. But in the end, it fills the heart with bitterness, and even poisons us.

This is the way human beings contrive to feed their self-destructive vices: trying not to see them, trying not to acknowledge them, delaying the important decisions and pretending that nothing will happen.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The test of a man's or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.