"Vanity is a weakness. I know this. It's a shallow dependence on the exterior self, on how one looks instead of what one is. I know this well...Vanity and dishonesty may be vices, but they're also the first forms of protection I ever knew."

-- Dennis Lehane

#Vanity Quotes #Self Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.”
“A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be reconciled to one's helplessness and let our holy and almighty God care for us, just as an infant surrenders himself to his mother's care.”

Source : Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing
“Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister.”
“It was important to me to have a wedding and walk in white, because sometimes we feel that at a certain age you should act a certain way. You can find love at any age. You just have to go for it.”

Source : "Inside Tina Knowles Lawson's 'Magical' Wedding Day: 'It Couldn't Have Been More Perfect'" by Jeff Nelson, people.com. April 22, 2015.
“There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless.”

Source : Clive Bell (1958). “Art”, Perigee
“One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.”
“In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions.”
“You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face”

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